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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Josiah's book of the Law
  • Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 12:58:38 +0100

On 04/08/2005 12:33, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:

...

Abib is probably not a Phoenician month name. Phoenician month names are known: "From the last centuries [B.C.E.] most of the months of the Phoenician calendar are attested in Semitic inscriptions from Sidon,
Kition, Idalion, Tamossos, Larnax Lapethos, Pyrgi, and Carthage: yrx
bl, yrx mp), yrx mrp), yrh zbx$m$, yrh )tnm, yrx p(lt, yrx krr, yrx zhx,
and yrx xyr." [The Cultic Calendars of the ANE, Mark Cohen, p. 384]
As you can see, both Bul and Etanim are attested here. ...


Is this list of Phoenician month names intended to be in order, and if so, starting at what point in the year? If so, we have a contradiction with the biblical record. In 1 Kings 8:2 Ethanim is the 7th month, and in 6:38 Bul is the 8th month (and counting from Nisan is assumed), so these two months are successive; but in the Phoenician calendar they are four months apart. Do you know of any resolution of this, except for suggesting that the biblical text is confused?

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