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  • From: Brian Roberts <formoria AT carolina.rr.com>
  • To: George Athas <gathas AT hotkey.net.au>
  • Cc: bill.rea AT canterbury.ac.nz, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] question re: Tel Dan stela
  • Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 08:08:35 -0400


On Thursday, May 27, 2004, at 06:50 AM, George Athas wrote:

(snip)

To argue that the Tel Dan Inscription identifies a 'king of the House of David' is to go against seemingly unanimous evidence.

(snip)

George,

When you say seemingly unanimous evidence, are you referring to all those dozens of Israelite royal inscriptions? Oh, wait. There aren't dozens of Israelite royal inscriptions. So then are you referring to non-Israelite royal inscriptions for your standard against which to measure the Tel Dan inscription? Clearly, there was enough of a cultural difference between the Israelites and surrounding examples you might cite that accounts for their lack of long royal inscriptions. This cultural difference can account for the interpretation of Bayt Dawid as a dynastic Davidic House.

Best Salaams,

Brian Roberts





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