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  • From: "Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>
  • To: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Josiah's book of the Law
  • Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 18:47:46 -0500

How specifically did they spell "Jerusalem"?

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra AT austin.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: George F Somsel
To: villandra AT austin.rr.com
Cc: yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com ; b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Josiah's book of the Law


On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 06:26:59 -0500 "Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>
writes:
> I previously sent this only to Yitzhak by mistake.
>
> I am wondering; I beleive that Jerusalem actually existed for a long
> time,
> as a fortress; and that the archeological evidence shows that but
> just does
> not show that there was a city there.
>
> But if I knew it was mentioned in the Amarna letters, I've
> forgotten.
> Where and in what context is Jerusalem mentioned in the Amarna
> letters?
>
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, Texas
> villandra AT austin.rr.com
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There are a number of letters classified as "Jerusalem Letters"; however,
not all of these specifically mention Jerusalem. I am assuming that they are
so classified due to the names of the writers and other personages mentioned.
EA 287 states

If this year there are archers, then the lands and the mayors will belong
to the king, my lord. But if there are no archers, then the ki[ng] will have
neither lands nor mayors. 25–32 Consider Jerusalem! This neither my father
nor m[y] mother gave to me. The [str]ong hand: zu-ru-uḫ (arm) [of the king]
gave it to me.) Consider the deed! This is the deed of Milkilu and the deed
of the sons of Lab˒ayu, who have given the land of the king ‹to› the ˓Apiru.

Moran, W. L. (1992). The Amarna letters. Translation of: Tell el-Amarna
tablets. (English-language ed.) (EA 287:20). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press.

I'm sure that some of the characters contained herein will not be
transmitted to the list so I offer my apologies for that. I'm not certain
what needs to be edited to make it readable.

EA 289 also specifically mentions Jerusalem.

george
gfsomsel
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