Words taken as proper names in the Bible

[RC Klein]

I seem to remember reading a paper from Prof. Demsky about common nouns in the Bible that have been taken by later writers or commentators to be proper names. But I forgot what the term was that he used for this phenomenon and where he wrote about this. Can somebody please refresh my memory?

Shalom & Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

Beitar Illit, Israel

Author of: God versus Gods & Lashon HaKodesh

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[Aaron Demsky]

Ghost names

 

Professor Aaron Demsky (retired)
History of Ancient Israel
Director, Project for the Study of Jewish Names
Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry
Bar-Ilan University  Ramat-Gan, Israel 52900
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[Reuven Chaim Klein]

Yes! That's the term I was looking for. I'm particularly thinking about confusing titles for proper names in the Bible. Possibly examples might include Rabshakeh, Pharaoh, Avimelech, Agag?, all of which seem to be titles but are used in Tanach as though they were personal names. Can anybody point me to some sources or ideas on this topic?

Shalom & Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

Beitar Illit, Israel

Author of: God versus Gods & Lashon HaKodesh

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[Aaron Demsky]

The first two, Pharoah (Egyptian: “Great House” = Palace, cf. White House, Ten Downing) and Rabshakeh שר המשקים are indeed titles. The second two are proper names that have been interpreted as titles because of exegetical problems of different sources or anachronism. See the Encyclopaedia Miqrait.

All the best,

Aaron

 

Professor Aaron Demsky (retired)
History of Ancient Israel
Director, Project for the Study of Jewish Names
Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry
Bar-Ilan University  Ramat-Gan, Israel 52900
Cell - (972)-50-650-7373
Email - aaron....@biu.ac.il
Site: https://sites.google.com/site/demskyaaron/home

 

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