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Re: conquest etc.

From: John Ronning <ronning AT nis.za>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: conquest etc.
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:28:09 +0200

Niels Peter Lemche wrote:
>
> And who says that Ai according
> to Josh is small?

Josh 7:3 "Only about two or three thousand need go up, for
they are few" (implication - smaller than Jericho, whereas
et-Tell is much bigger than Jericho).

Josh 10:2 "Gibeon was a great city ... and it was greater
than Ai" (Gibeon was much smaller than et-Tell.)

> Reda the text as it stands in the HB
> and not a rationalistic paraphrase of it.

Good idea - I recommend it.

John Ronning

conquest etc., Niels Peter Lemche, 01/27/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: conquest etc., Peter Kirk, 01/27/2000
- Re: conquest etc., John Ronning, 01/27/2000
- RE: conquest etc., Niels Peter Lemche, 01/27/2000
  - Re: conquest etc., John Ronning, 01/28/2000
- RE: conquest etc., Niels Peter Lemche, 01/27/2000
- Re[2]: conquest etc., Peter Kirk, 01/28/2000
- RE: Re[2]: conquest etc., Niels Peter Lemche, 01/28/2000