12-16-2008, 02:23 AM
Shlama Akhi Otto,
Well, I think I develop a lot more ideas on the matter beyond that essay which is very focussed. You will see that in the footnotes and in other essays that relate and expand on the themes in that small excursis. To me the morphing in the Greek that you describe is secondary to the usage of Kurios and other such terminology that touches on the name of the Son. Suffice to say that I think further details will go against the theological rules of the forum.
However, I think you are over-simplifying a bit if you don't mind my saying so. Even if I grant you everything you say here, the fact still remains the sounds involved still invoke by simile these other traditions I mention, and I think the commonality of both tracks coming from the Greek language is not a coincidence. You can see a fuller (and perhaps more persuasive) explanation on the Zeus connection here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.tushiyah.org/CallOnHisName.pdf">http://www.tushiyah.org/CallOnHisName.pdf</a><!-- m -->
If you still feel after further explanation in Mari and this source from my other publisher David Pollina is inadequate, or that perhaps some of the points in Pollina's article need more voice in Mari, please email me privately. I don't agree with David on everything, as is well known, but here I definitely do.
I stand on what I have written but I have no wish to go outside the bounds of the forum and create issues from such an exploration.
Well, I think I develop a lot more ideas on the matter beyond that essay which is very focussed. You will see that in the footnotes and in other essays that relate and expand on the themes in that small excursis. To me the morphing in the Greek that you describe is secondary to the usage of Kurios and other such terminology that touches on the name of the Son. Suffice to say that I think further details will go against the theological rules of the forum.
However, I think you are over-simplifying a bit if you don't mind my saying so. Even if I grant you everything you say here, the fact still remains the sounds involved still invoke by simile these other traditions I mention, and I think the commonality of both tracks coming from the Greek language is not a coincidence. You can see a fuller (and perhaps more persuasive) explanation on the Zeus connection here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.tushiyah.org/CallOnHisName.pdf">http://www.tushiyah.org/CallOnHisName.pdf</a><!-- m -->
If you still feel after further explanation in Mari and this source from my other publisher David Pollina is inadequate, or that perhaps some of the points in Pollina's article need more voice in Mari, please email me privately. I don't agree with David on everything, as is well known, but here I definitely do.
I stand on what I have written but I have no wish to go outside the bounds of the forum and create issues from such an exploration.
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth
Andrew Gabriel Roth