Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Interesting. I'll take a look at the Benjamin region survey next time I get
to the library. What does Peterson say about the origin of the name?

Yigal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter R. Mattfeld" <mattfeld12 AT charter.net>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 3:59 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Beth-horon origins


>
> Yigal wrote :
> "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."
>
>
> Dear Yigal,
>
> According to Peterson surface surveys indicate Upper Beth-horon (Ur
el-Foqa)
> begins in the Late Bronze Age (LBA is ca. 1560-1200 BCE), while Lower
> Beth-horon (Ur et-Tahta) begins in Iron II (ca. 1000-586 BCE).
>
> Peterson :
>
> "Since 1926 there have been many surveys at both el-Foqa and et-Tahta. The
> surveys have shown that the pottery chronologies at el-Foqa begin with LB,
> while at et-Tahta the earliest is Iron II. However, what is very
interesting
> is that from Iron II forward each period is represented at both sites."
> (p.689. Vol. 1. John L. Peterson. "beth-horon." David Noel Freedman.
Editor.
> _The Anchor Bible Dictionary_. New York. Doubleday. 1992)
>
> Regards, Walter
> Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld y de la Torre, M.A. Ed.
> mattfeld12 AT charter.net
> www.bibleorigins.net
>
>
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