I am reading right now the book Muhammad by Karen Armstrong (who is an excellent author IMO).
She points out that al-Lah was the main god before the time of Muhammad. His holy place was at the Ka'aba. al-Lah had three daughters (banat al-Lah) who each had a holy place as well. Their names were al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat. My guess is that El was also a tribal god before He became the name of the One God.
Tom
On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 11:06 PM, Don Calkins wrote:
On 8/11/03 22:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My understanding is that al-Lah was at one point one of many gods,as was El of the tribes Caanan. But with the Revelations of Abraham, Moses, and Mohammad, the name became the Name of the One God. The name of a tribal god over time becoming the Name of the One.
Tom
Somewhere I got the idea that Allah evolved from the word for 'lord', so that one possible translation would be "There is no lord but the Lord . . . ."
Is this another one of my figments?
Don C
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