In the Hand of Dante: A Novel by Tosches Nick

Author:Tosches, Nick [Tosches, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780759527362
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2002-09-04T00:00:00+00:00

“This ’l signified the One on high and it is ’l that gives the theophoric element to the name shared by the people of Israel, as bestowed on Jacob in Genesis: .

“Through the once powerful Latin demonstratives gendered as illum, ille, and illa, and meaning ‘that one’ or ‘that illustrious one,’ this most ancient ’l echoes, unexalted, in the vulgar Latin-born tongues of Europe: the il and la of Italia; the el and la of Spagnia; the le and la of Francia.

“And in the Arab tongue, so closely related to the Hebrew, our most ancient El was their Al, and their Al became Allah as our El became Eli and Eloi.” Stylus to tablet:

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