Philip, It is related to Bel in that the Akkadian dropped the Ayin over time and the two vowels reduced to an e sound. Babel is from an entirely different root.
HTH, James ________________________________ James Spinti E-mail marketing, Book Sales Division Eisenbrauns, Good books for more than 35 years Specializing in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies jspinti at eisenbrauns dot com Web: http://www.eisenbrauns.com Phone: 260-445-3118 Fax: 574-269-6788 On Aug 7, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Philip Hardy wrote: > Is word Baal related to Babel or Bel? > Philip Hardy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Isaac Fried > Sent: 08/07/12 03:33 PM > To: Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] baal > > In what sense is BAAL ( the Greek Appolo?) a "deity"? Is he "the master of > the universe"? Isaac Fried, Boston University On Aug 7, 2012, at 3:06 PM, Nir > cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote: > as to "baal" the deity > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
