Not knowing Ugaritic but looking at Biblical Hebrew use, the definite article is often appended to the proper name Baal, so this clue does not apply to Hebrew.
Karl W. Randolph. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Yigal Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > And the same for Baal. > > Yigal Levin > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Athas > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 1:23 PM > To: B-Hebrew > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] El: Common or Proper Noun? > > If you read some Ugaritic literature, you will see clearly that El is used > as a proper noun. This is confirmed by the lack of a definite article in > most cases. > > > GEORGE ATHAS > Director of Postgraduate Studies, > Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au) > Sydney, Australia > > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
