Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

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From: "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
> >Harold: so you would say that $)RH the daughter was really a descendent
of BRY(H who founded the towns in Canaan, and we just misunderstand the
text? Or was she a daughter who founded settlements in Egypt, the names of
which were also used for later settlements in Canaan? ...
> >
>
> > Peter: Were they actually later? Is there archaeological evidence for
the
> foundation dates of the two Beth Horons?
>

Actually, both have settlements going back at least to the Middle Bronze
Age. The name Beth Horon is assumed to be Canaanite (that is,
pre-Israelite), although I don't think that it is unambiguously attested in
Bronze Age documents.

Yigal