Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jack Kilmon" <jkilmon AT historian.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Gardner" <g_gardner1234 AT yahoo.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 2:58 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Earliest occurence of Yahweh from other cultures


> I would like to ask the list members if anyone knows
> what the earliest occurrence of Yahweh, that is found
> in ancient writings (cuneiform etc.) from other
> cultures would be.


Lines 17-18 Mesha Stele "vessels of Yahweh

The Kuntillet Ajrud and Khirbet al Qom inscriptions
http://www.bibleorigins.net/KuntilletAjrudYahwehAsherah.html

The 600 BCE Arad ostraca addressed to Eliashib son of Eshiyah mentions the 
Bayt Yahweh
http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/ancient_texts/ostraca.shtml

The Yahweh ostracon and the Ivory pomegranate are under suspicion

The 7th century BCE silver amulet from Ketef Hinnom
http://www.crystalinks.com/scrollsilver.html


Jack Kilmon