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  • From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Carmel: The Town of David's Abigail
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:52:25 -0800

Yigal:

Here I'm speaking merely as a linguist, not an archaeologist.

In Joshua 15:55, the structure of the text indicates that Maon was a town of
Carmel. That a later town was built and named Carmel is possible, but the
indications from within the text including several references besides Joshua
are that Carmel was a region, not a town, at least through the early kingdom
period.

At least, that's the way I understand the text.

Karl W. Randolph.




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