Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it>]

If anyone is interested in an analysis of the Tel-Dan inscription written
by Giovanni Garbini, Professor of Semitic Studies at the University of Rome
"La Sapienza", I have a version translated at

        http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/5210/tel_dan.htm

And while we are here, George Athas maintains the Tel Dan Inscription
Website at:

        http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~gathas/teldan.htm


Ian


At 21.50 26/01/99 -0600, Jack Kilmon wrote:
>
>There is no reliably convincing epigraphic or archaeological evidence
>that David was historical outside the OT.  The Tel-Dan inscription
>is a "maybe" but ambiguous on  orthographic grounds.  The article
>in the recent BAR on the name of David inscribed by Shishak on the
>Temple at Karnak is also getting more controversial by the day.
>
>Other than a "maybe" for Tel Dan, there just aint nuttin we can
>hang an historical hat upon.
>
>Jack
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