Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 18/11/2004 13:28, gfsomsel AT juno.com wrote:

> ...
>
> > This would have been not to long prior to the establishment of the
> > northern kingdom itself.
> >
> > george
> > gfsomsel
> > _______________________________________________
> >    
>
> My apologies -- that should have read "This would have been not too long
> prior to . . . "
>
>  
Well, your alternative version is grammatical, but it is still entirely 
speculative. You have no way of telling how long before the 
establishment of the northern kingdom these events happened - even 
assuming they are historical when you assume that most of the rest of 
Judges etc is not. I also note that you depend on a doubtful reading 
M$H, Moses in Judges 18:30 where the Masoretic text has MN$H, Manasseh, 
and assume that BEN means "son" rather than "descendant". But if you 
make similar assumptions with other genealogical texts you get a very 
different chronology.

--
Peter Kirk
peter AT qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/