Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Of course the inviting alternative to your view is that this was the King of
the Jebusites before Joshua's conquest.

James Christian

On 9 May 2010 10:20, James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com> wrote:

> 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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