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Dan McClellan<\/a> has been posting a lot of interesting questions and thought-provoking material lately. The latest asks whether the dead were referred to as \u201cgods\u201d in ancient Israel, and if so what that might indicate.<\/p>\n

Take a look at his post, which discusses a couple of passages that refer to elohim<\/i>\u00a0in connection with sheol<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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