Sublime

These [shedim] were individuals belonging to a lower hierarchical rank, probably equivalent to that of the Assyro-Babylonian [shadu]. They probably acted as intermediaries between the people and the Elohim. – If the term “Elohim”

Built into the wall was a stone bearing a remarkable set of inscriptions: the same piece of text had been inscribed on the stone three times, in Greek, demotic and hieroglyphics. The Rosetta Stone, as it became known, appeared to be the equivalent of a cryptanalytic crib, just like the cribs that helped the codebreakers at Bletchley Park to break

The prophet invites his young follower to stay, telling him that Yahweh ordered him only to go to Bet-El (which means “House of El,” i.e., the place where one of the Elohim either lived or could be met). Elisha, however, continues to follow his master.

Moses abandons all other definitions and resorts to a different term, [Elyon], which means “high, higher, superior, the one above.” This term defines a clear hierarchical position (Deuteronomy 32:8).

When traditional mythologies and scriptures laid down general laws, these were presented in narrative rather than mathematical form.