Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Hi Oun,

Hosea was definately from the Northern Kingdom of Israel, although I don't 
recall there being any specific information about his hometown.

Nahum probably lived after the destruction of the Northern Kingdom, which 
makes it likely that he was actually from Judah. He is described as an 
"Elkoshite", but we have no idea where this Elkosh was. There are traditions 
that he was from Caperneum on the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret), as the Hebrew 
name of this town means "Village of Nahum", but this is probably a late 
tradition. There is also a tradition that he lived in the town of Alkosh in 
present-day northern Iraq, but there is no historical evidence that would 
verify this.

Yigal Levin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Oun Kwon" <kwonbbl AT gmail.com>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 12:41 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Nahum and Hosea from Galilee?


> Is there any source which may suggest the prophets Nahum and Hosea from 
> Galilee?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Oun.
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