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Re: Isaiah 13-14

From: "George Athas" <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Isaiah 13-14
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:20:20 +1100

Why can't the 'king of Babylon' be Merodach-baladan?

The idea of Mount Zaphon is a theologically loaded one for Iron Age
Levantines. It was the
mountain par excellence and would have been understood as such by the initial
audience of
this prophecy.

Best regards,
George Athas
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
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Re: Isaiah 13-14, George Athas, 03/01/2000
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- Re: Isaiah 13-14, Banyai Michael, 03/02/2000
- Re: Isaiah 13-14, George Athas, 03/02/2000