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Re: Nothing to do with Nine Inch Nails, really.

Subject: Re: Nothing to do with Nine Inch Nails, really.
From: "Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 03:40:58 -0800 (PST)
cc: Over the Rhine listserv <Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.1020126170123.26329B-100000@ecom1>

On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Christian D Lindemer wrote:
> God is not His name, at least not in my opinion - it's s title.

And if you call him "Elohim", you are actually calling him "Gods", plural.
Hence, the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 begin:

   [1] and _elohim_ spoke all these words:

   [2] "i am _yhwh_ your _elohim_, who brought you out of egypt, out of
   the land of slavery.

   [3] you shall have no other _elohim_ before me...."

In English Bibles, "Elohim" is typically translated "God" in verses 1 and
2 but "gods" in verse 3.  Ancient people sometimes referred to individual
deities of theirs in the plural as a form of respect, to magnify their
greatness.  Just another fun bit of trivia for y'all.  :)

--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
 "I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
      Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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Re: Nothing to do with Nine Inch Nails, really.

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