Biblical Studies/Old Testament Commentaries/Exodus

Exodus

Texts:

• The Free Bible: Exodus
• ספר שמות

Chapter 6

Verse 3

• The untranslated text makes the point of the passage especially clear: the patriarchs were worshippers of El, specifically El Shaddai (אל שדי); the name Yahweh (יהוה) was unknown to them.

References

• Smith, Mark S. (2001), The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts (2nd ed.), New York: OUP, ISBN 978-0195134803