Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

The one thing that would seem to lend to support to your view is lack of
mention of Jericho in the Amarna letters.

However, let's assume that your theory is true and a King of Judah would
adopt an idolatrous name and grovel shamelessly to the Pharoah of Egypt. We
would still expect there to be some kind of traceable connection between his
pagan name and his Jewish name. Any reasonable suggestions as to who this
King could have been?

James Christian

On 8 May 2010 23:38, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:

> James:
>
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 6:31 PM, James Christian
> <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>wrote:
>
> > The problem is that the letters were written by the King himself. Surely,
> > he would use his own name in correspondence.
>
>
> Even there, did ancient practice mirror modern customs? Or did he adopt the
> practice of using a throne name for his official correspondence, while his
> given name was recorded in the Bible?
>
> >
> > James Christian
> >
> >>
> >> There are so many unanswered questions that I admit that I am not
> certain
> of what happened. And while I think the EA letters give some light on other
> aspects of the divided kingdom era, they also raise almost as many
> questions
> as they answer. The Bible gives a very abbreviated summary of the era,
> often
> barely mentioning a king before saying that he died and was replaced. As a
> result, there is very much we don’t know about that era, enough that the
> kings may have been vassal kings to an Egyptian overlordship, but just not
> mentioned because the authors of Kings and Chronicles considered it to be
> irrelevant to their messages.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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