Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

Walter, you began by asserting that one verse was Hellenistic,
and now you conclude all of Chronicles is.
Why don't you think the book was written over time,
in stages, with late glosses here and there, as needed?

Liz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Mattfeld [mailto:mattfeld AT mail.pjsnet.com]
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 2:45 PM
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Diachronic Studies, dating Hebrew (Tadmor)
>
>
> Tadmor is only a geographical site name appearing in the Assyrian
> annals. I
> am aware of no Assyrian description of Tadmor as being "a city or village"
> with structures. So it is quite possible that others on this list have
> jumped to conclusions in assuming that the Assyrian  Tadmor must possess
> building structures, and that if Tadmor doesn't have these structures it
> must be some other place that the Assyrians are speaking of.
>
> In reply to Banyai's observation, I am not asserting that Assyrian annals
> must be of the 1st century BCE because that is when structures exist for
> Tadmor, he has misunderstood the argument I presented.
>
> Now it is of course possible that the Chronicler, hearing of a
> place called
> Tadmor, misunderstood it to be a city, and ascribed it to
> Solomon's building
> prowress, but I rather favor he was referring to the Late
> Hellenistic city,
> famed as a trade city (Solomon being renowned for his trade activities)
> founded by the 1st century BCE.
>
> All the best,
>
> Walter
>
> Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld
> Walldorf by Heidelberg
> Baden-Wurttemburg
> Germany
>
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