[b-hebrew] Wellhousen -Edom
Uri Hurwitz
uhurwitz at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 31 18:00:58 EST 2007
Karl,
You wrote, in part:
" As for your claim that Edom was not a political entity, all you have is a
lack of evidence, which many people, including Uri, claim is not necessarily
evidence of lack."
Anybody who makes the claim about Edom mentioned in your quote is
simply ignorant of the work that goes on there in recent years, especially
in Khirbet en-Nahas, but not only there, and its possible ramifications for
the dating of centralized authority in that region -- considerably earlier
than previously assumed. See, for instance the following:
Publications
Reassessing the Chronology of Biblical Edom: New Excavations and 14C
Dates from Khirbat en Nahas (Jordan). Antiquity 78: 863-876. ..
Since then other work has been going on in the region.
Again, best wishes for a good new year to all!
Uri Hurwitz Great Neck, NY
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