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<font size=3>At 06:43 AM 10/20/2008, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">> Phoenicia,
Aethiopia--either way it's where Baal was worshipped,<br>
> right? They had human sacrifices, at least according to the
Bible.<br><br>
So did the Bni Israel, at least according to the Bible.<br><br>
'Baal' means 'Lord'. That's it. Contrast various names in Kings and<br>
Chronicles. -baal becomes -bosheth ('bosheth' means 'shame').
Remember<br>
that the order of books does not correspond to historical order:<br>
Chronicles is the earlier work.</font></blockquote><br>
Just for clarity: Kings is earlier and Chronicles later. But you have it
right that the Chronicler uses the original form of the names. There are
reasons for this connected with the purposes of the two books.<br><br>
Nutria Theologia<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>> Chesterton has
a whole bit on it in The Everlasting Man, about how the<br>
> Phoenician civilization was just about the only thing the Romans
and<br>
> the Jews hated equally.<br><br>
Chesterton is right a lot of the time, and clever and amusing even when
he<br>
is wrong. Not having read 'TEM' I have no idea which he is being
here.<br><br>
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