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  • From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>
  • To: Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: historiography (Jonathan)
  • Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 09:32:11 +0200


Ian Hutchesson wrote:

> Jonathan D. Safren, responding to James West wrote:
>
> >Notice I wasn't talking about the United Monarchy (David and
> >Solomon), for which we have no external documentation, but about the
> externally
> >documented Kingdoms of Israel and Judah from the 9th century on.
>
> Dear Jonathan,
>
> Isn't this painting the situation in hues that are not appropriate? We have
> documentation of the Kingdom of Israel for a stretch in the ninth century
> and we have documentation of the Kingdom of Judah from the end of the eigth
> century on. This is of course consistent with a possible rise of a state
> Judah on the demise of Israel at the hands of the Assyrians.
>
> Cheers,
>

Doesn't change the picture, Ian. Where are the royal inscriptions from
whatever
period?
Yours,
Jonathan

--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel






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