Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Good point! Does anybody know what our earliest extra biblical references to
Isreal are?

James Christian

2010/2/12 George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>

> We're getting a little off the topic of Hebrew here, James. But ok, I'll
> indulge you this one - just don't head into the historicity and dating of
> the Exodus question. Yes, I think the Amarna corpus is fairly good evidence
> that there is no entity called 'Israel' around at the time. Again, we can't
> be completely sure, because we'd have to know a little more about who used
> the term 'Israel' and what they thought they were describing with it. So
> there is some ambiguity involved. But, yes, I'd say it's a plausible
> conclusion given the nature of the evidence.
>
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> www.moore.edu.au
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