Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Many of these readings are very contoversal. And even if they were not, 
dating them as "late" as the Iron Age, as Sass does, means that all of these 
so-called references to Yahweh are from AFTER the Israelite "conquest". 
Calling the writers "Canaanite" in this context is misleading.

Yigal Levin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LM Barre" <l_barre AT yahoo.com>
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"b-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 12:42 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] More Yahweh outside the Bible


> With a collection of over one hundred and thirty inscriptions this study 
> has opened a small window to the early (pre-Exile) history of Canaanite 
> peoples of the Negev. And since twenty-five percent of the inscriptions 
> contain names of the God of Israel (Yah, El/Yah, Yahu, and Yahh) it seems 
> fair to say that these Canaanite speakers had a covenant relationship with 
> Yahweh.
>
> http://net.lib.byu.edu/imaging/negev/Origins.html
>
> These inscriptions reach back to 1200 BCE.
>
> Lloyd Barré
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>
>
>
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