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Re: Thoughts of Beliya`al
Dear beney beliya'alm ubenotaw,
Just note for the record that the idea about beliyaal < bl( is not my
own, but as I mentioned I seem to remember it from Moshe Weinfeld. at
the meeting when I read his paper there was lively discussion on this
suggestion. The major flaw was the writing with a yod. Nonetheless, the
idea was not dismissed out of hand, and I think it should be batted
around a bit more. I don't know what Weinfeld's publication plan on the
piece is.
Avigdor
On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, philip davies wrote:
> Avigdor notes: beliya`al as a form of bl` meaning to swallow. Eisenman has
> written a great deal on this wordplay in the DSS, one of the many decent
> ideas he has but which he is not credited with (and that is mostly his own
> fault for not wanting to be part of the give-and--take of scholarly
> debate!)
>
>
> Philip R Davies
> Department of Biblical Studies
> University of Sheffield
>
>