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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com>
  • To: "Walter R. Mattfeld" <mattfeld12 AT charter.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Potiphar's Title
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 03:55:05 -0700

On 10/07/2003 03:14, Walter R. Mattfeld wrote:

If the preceeding observations are of any merit, and on target, it follows
that the "Joseph Novella" found in Genesis would have been composed sometime
AFTER 671 BCE. ...

No, Walter, this does not follow. In the Genesis account, it is not Egyptians calling Potiphar a saris, it is the Hebrew author who is using a Hebrew word, chosen as the best equivalent in Hebrew for Potiphar's Egyptian title or rank. So we should look not for when the word might have come into use in Egyptian, but when it might have come into use in Hebrew.

In KJV Nehemiah (5:14) is appointed "governor in the land of Judah". The English word "governor" probably came into use in that land after 1917. By your argument, KJV was translated after 1917.

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Peter Kirk
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