Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 28/03/2006 23:55, Ben Crick wrote:
> On Mon 27 Mar 2006 (23:30:19), smille10 AT sbcglobal.net wrote:
>   
> > 1. In the psalm title, the word house has the definite article, and the
> > name "David" is prefixed by the preposition lamed. [snip]
> >     
>
>  Dear Steve,
>
>  The heading to the Psalm indicates that it is a Chanukkah Psalm. If so,
>  it is an anachronism because Chanukkah was in the 2nd century BCE. ...
>   

Not necessarily. The Hebrew word XANUKKAH is used several times in 
Numbers 7 of the dedication of the Tabernacle, in 2 Chronicles 7:9 of 
the dedication of the altar, and in Nehemiah 12:27 of the dedication of 
the wall of Jerusalem; also the identical word in Aramaic of the 
dedication of the rebuilt Temple in Ezra 6:16,17, and of the dedication 
of an image in Daniel 3:2,3. There is absolutely no reason why this word 
should not have been used of the initial dedication of the Temple in 
Solomon's time. It is by no means restricted in reference to the later 
festival of Chanukkah.

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