Biblical Studies/Old Testament Commentaries/Exodus
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