Identifying Biblical Persons In Northwest Semitic Inscriptions Of 1200 - 539 B.c.e.This book establishes the first comprehensive system for evaluating potential identifications of persons mentioned in the Hebrew Bible with persons mentioned in Northwest Semitic inscriptions. It applies this system in detail to a small number of Hebrew inscriptions, the Mesha Inscription, and the Tel Dan stele. Appendixes updated through mid-2002 briefly evaluate potential identifications of over 75 biblical persons in over 90 Northwest Semitic inscriptions which are mostly contemporary with the person. Resulting identifications and non-identifications appear in six categories of strength or weakness, from unmistakable to disqualified. The final product is a first-ever corpus consisting only of inscriptions that name biblical persons. This technical book will appeal to advanced scholars, graduate students, seminarians, clergy, and others who have a working knowledge of at least one Northwest Semitic language, e.g., biblical Hebrew, and to nonspecialists interested in questions about biblical historicity and potential identifications of biblical persons in Northwest Semitic inscriptions.See also: Lawrence J. Mykytiuk, Corrections and Updates to Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200-539 B.C.E." Maarav 16.1 (2009): 49-132. This complete article is available without cost at http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_research/129/ |
Contents
Identification Criteria | 9 |
1 | 12 |
1 | 30 |
28 | 43 |
30 | 50 |
34 | 56 |
3 | 67 |
5 | 77 |
Identifications in Unprovenanced Inscriptions | 153 |
Conclusions | 197 |
The Significance of the Title Ebed in Northwest Semitic | 207 |
Evaluations of Potential Identifications in SocioPolitical | 211 |
The Corpus and the Remainder Evaluations of Potential | 244 |
262 | |
Numerical Tabulation of Identifications in Appendixes | 278 |
287 | |
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Ahaz Ancient Appendix Aramaic Archaeology Assyrian authenticity Azariah Azaryahu Baruch Belonging biblical account biblical data biblical persons bulla Chapter city of David criteria Criterion David bulla Deutsch eighth century epigraphic Exca excavated father Fragment Gemariah grade 2 ID grounds of singularity Hebrew Bible Hebrew Bullae Hebrew inscriptions Hebrew seals Hezekiah high priest Hilkiah Hilqiyahu historical framework Hoshea house of David ibid ID on grounds idem identification identifying mark inscriptional data Israelite jar handle Jeroboam Jerusalem Judahite Kemosh keted king of Israel king of Judah kingdom of Israel language letter marketed inscriptions Mesha Inscription Mesha stele minister Moab Moabite Nahman Avigad Northwest Semitic inscriptions Omri ostracon patronymic provenanced qoph reliable royal script scription seal impression seal owner seal ring section 3.7 Shalmaneser III Shaphan Shebna socio-political classification stele Tel Dan stele tion unprovenanced vated yahu
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