Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>]

Jonathan Bailey wrote:

> I am interested in letting this list work for me a little bit and provide 
> me with
> information as opposed to letting it take all my time by feeling obligated 
> to answer
> every question posed. Now 2nd millenium history is something that I have 
> been
> meaning to get acquainted with, and I would like to ask you just exactly 
> how we know
> that there wasn't a permanent settlement in Edom until the mid 13th century?
> ---------- Original Message ----------
>
> >Dear Jonathan,
> >There wasn't any permanent settlement in Edom until the mid-13th century 
> >BCE.
>
> ---

Dear Jonathan,
I'm not up on my archaeology, but try, for starters, Nelson Glueck's _The 
Other Side of
the Jordan_ or his _Excavations in Eastern Palestine_.
I know that more recent excavations, such as those at Hisban (Heshbon) have 
confirmed
that the settlement of Transjordan begins in the mid- to late 13th century 
BCE.
Yours,
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel