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Re: [b-hebrew] Ark of the Covenant (Iron Age Exemplar Found ?)

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
To: "Walter R. Mattfeld" <mattfeld12 AT charter.net>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ark of the Covenant (Iron Age Exemplar Found ?)
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:50:18 +0100

On 16/07/2004 00:47, Walter R. Mattfeld wrote:

Dear Tony,

Here's a quote illustrating that "some" individuals thought pharaoh was a
"god" in a clay tablet letter written in Akkadian (Babylonian) to Pharaoh
Akhenaten by one of his vassals :

"Say to the king, my lord, my GOD, my Sun, the breath of my life: Thus
Zimreddi, the mayor of Sidon. I fall at the feet of my lord, GOD, Sun,
breath of my lfe,...7 times 7 times." (p. 230. EA 144. "Zimreddi of Sidon."
William L. Moran. _The Amarna Letters_. Baltimore. John Hopkins University
Press. 1987)

Akhenaten was hardly a typical Pharaoh, certainly from a religious perspective. He may have claimed divine titles, but that certainly does not prove that other Pharaohs did.

--
Peter Kirk
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[b-hebrew] Ark of the Covenant (Iron Age Exemplar Found ?), Walter R. Mattfeld, 07/15/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Ark of the Covenant (Iron Age Exemplar Found ?), Tony Costa, 07/15/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Ark of the Covenant (Iron Age Exemplar Found ?), Dora Smith, 07/15/2004
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- [b-hebrew] Ark of the Covenant (Iron Age Exemplar Found ?), Walter R. Mattfeld, 07/15/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Ark of the Covenant (Iron Age Exemplar Found ?), Peter Kirk, 07/16/2004
    - Re: [b-hebrew] Akhenaten and Hebrew religion, Brian Roberts, 07/16/2004
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Akhenaten and Hebrew religion, Harold R. Holmyard III, 07/16/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Akhenaten and Hebrew religion, Yigal Levin, 07/16/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Akhenaten and Hebrew religion, Peter Kirk, 07/16/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Akhenaten and Hebrew religion, Dora Smith, 07/16/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Akhenaten and Hebrew religion, Dora Smith, 07/16/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Akhenaten and Hebrew religion, Yigal Levin, 07/17/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Akhenaten and Hebrew religion, Uri Hurwitz, 07/17/2004
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] Akhenaten and Hebrew religion, Yigal Levin, 07/17/2004
        Re: [b-hebrew] Akhenaten and Hebrew religion, Brian Roberts, 07/18/2004