Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Dear Karl,

I really don't understand your position here; why, in the middle of a list 
that includes dozens of towns, do you insist that just "Carmel" is a region 
and not a town? Forget the name's supposed etymology - what in the list 
makes you think that it is any different from any other item on the list? 
Besides which, as I wrote, there IS an ancient site in the appropriate area 
which preserves the name to this day.

Yigal Levin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Carmel: The Town of David's Abigail


> 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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