>"uhm acshully Yahweh was just part of a pantheon, and ancient Hebrews were polyth-ACK!"how will the "evolutionnary Jewish culture" anthropologists cope with this one?
>>18120186This find actually cemented the idea that YHWH and El were originally distinct deities.
True , see the discoveries in UGARIT Syria today(Rass Shamrra) and read DEL MEDIGO
>>18120208The scrolls in OP's picrel just quote Deuteronomy 7:9 and the priestly blessing from Numbers 6:24-26. I don't see how that shows YHWH and El were different beings.> יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהֹוָ֖ה וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ׃{ס}> יָאֵ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה׀פָּנָ֛יו אֵלֶ֖יךָ וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ׃{ס}> יִשָּׂ֨א יְהֹוָ֤ה׀פָּנָיו֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְךָ֖ שָׁלֽוֹם׃{ס}> וְשָׂמ֥וּ אֶת־שְׁמִ֖י עַל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַאֲנִ֖י אֲבָרְכֵֽם׃{ס}Numbers 6:24-26> וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ כִּֽי־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ ה֣וּא הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים הָאֵל֙ הַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ן שֹׁמֵ֧ר הַבְּרִ֣ית וְהַחֶ֗סֶד לְאֹהֲבָ֛יו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֺתָ֖ו לְאֶ֥לֶף דּֽוֹר׃Deuteronomy 7:9The Deuteronomy 7:9 quotation on scroll 1 has the word הָאֵל֙ in the second clause> the faithful god (הָאֵל֙ הַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ן) who keeps the covenant and the kindness for his lovers and his keepers of his commandments, to a thousand generations.but it isn't the name of the god El. It's the generic term for god in the singular thanks to the article prefix "the" (הָ־). The scroll itself doesn't have this word because it's broken in the spot it would be expected, near the top of the scroll. See picrel.The Numbers 6:24-26 quotes on both scrolls don't use the word אֵל֙ at all, whether the proper or common noun. All references to any deity use the name YHWH (יְהֹוָ֖ה).
>>18120854(cont'd)Just to be clear this isn't me saying there wasn't a god named El, just that this doesn't show the gods El and YHWH being syncretized/conflated with each other since the name El doesn't appear in the scrolls at all.
>>18120208Enjoy burning.
>>18120854Great verses
