Biblical Studies/Old Testament Commentaries/Exodus
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Exodus[edit | edit source]
Texts:
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]
- ↑ 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