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  • 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






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