... one of the Hebrew names for God was El Shaddai, phonetically similar to ShangTi, especially in the Cantonese dialect which pronounces the name ShangDai. Cantonese, incidentally, is thought to be closest to the original spoken Chinese.
Nelson, Ethel R & Broadberry, Richard E, Genesis and the Mystery Confucius Couldn't Solve, St. Louis, Missouris: Concordia Publishing House, 1994, p.
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