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RE: History of Yahweh
July 18, 2014 at 1:03 am
El, Elohim (I believe this was during the time of Abraham and still my favorite), and Yahweh are the same God. Yahweh was a descriptive used for the name El, which later became more popular than the original name itself.
El was the name of God and Yahweh means He who makes (or will make) Himself manifest (kind of like אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, aka I AM that I AM).
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
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RE: History of Yahweh
July 18, 2014 at 2:53 am
(July 18, 2014 at 2:34 am)Minimalist Wrote: Elohim is plural. Gods.
Like goyim.
Quote: masculine plural
סוּסִים susim (horses)
סוּסִים טוֹבִים susim tovim (good horses)
Elohim can be both singular and plural depending on the associate adjectives and verbs in Ancient Hebrew. It was almost always used in the singular by the Ancient Hebrews.
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RE: History of Yahweh
July 18, 2014 at 8:57 am
No, they were not different names of the same god. El Elyon, or El, was the head of the pantheon that Yahweh belonged to. Just look up canaanite pantheon.
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RE: History of Yahweh
July 18, 2014 at 9:34 am
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(March 13, 2014 at 12:30 pm)Chad32 Wrote: No wonder they felt the need to demonize and destroy the Canaanites. The Canaanites didn't think too much of the Yahwists saying their god was the best one and didn't want word to get out that Yahweh was just the Canaanite version of Ares instead of the big creator god the genesis writers made him out to be.
And then Mohammad came along, a devout follower of Abraham who basically thought he was restoring the covenant, returning to the true faith that Abraham had in God. And guess what? The surrounding tribes didn't like what they heard and mocked him... you can probably assume what that led to...
Islam was to the Arabian Peninsula what Yahwism was to Canaan.
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RE: History of Yahweh
July 19, 2014 at 12:35 am
(July 18, 2014 at 10:58 am)Minimalist Wrote: (July 18, 2014 at 2:53 am)Polaris Wrote: Elohim can be both singular and plural depending on the associate adjectives and verbs in Ancient Hebrew. It was almost always used in the singular by the Ancient Hebrews.
Back to resorting to special pleading, eh?
Back to being right. You should try it sometime.
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RE: History of Yahweh
July 19, 2014 at 2:19 am
So you use the discovery of the ruins depicting "Yahweh and his asherah" of one cult far from other Israelite settlements as indicative of the beliefs of the Ancient Hebrews?
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
