11Jan Assmann’s “Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel and the Rise of
Monotheism” is an interesting discussion of this position.
12If you are interested in this sort of linguistic contortionism, you can check
out this link. It’s a Christian apologetic site, but it was better sourced than
most of the Jewish ones (at least the ones in English, as I don’t read
Hebrew).
13For something about the role of Angels as assassins, see my earlier blog.
14I like the name, when I see “destroyer” I think of the KISS album of 1976.
15The best source documenting this for me is Israel Finkelstein and “The
Bible Unearthed”, which is also available on DVD.
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