Biblical Studies/Old Testament Commentaries/Exodus

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Exodus[edit | edit source]

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Chapter 6[edit | edit source]

Verse 3[edit | edit source]

  • The untranslated text makes the point of the passage especially clear: the patriarchs were worshippers of El, specifically El Shaddai (אל שדי); the name Yahweh (יהוה) was unknown to them.[1]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. See, for example, Smith 2001, p. 141

References[edit | edit source]

  • Smith, Mark S. (2001), The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts (2nd ed.), New York: OUP, ISBN 978-0195134803