Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

James:

Gezer? Who said anything about Gezer?

Do you mean Gerar? That’s what I mention as appearing to have been an early
bronze age city that for some reason did not survive into the late bronze
age, or apparently not even to the middle bronze age.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:30 AM, James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com
> wrote:

> Hi Karl,
>
> if you mean the Kadesh Barnea that we today identify with Ein Qadeis on the
> Israel Egypt border that would put Gezer nowhere near between Shur and
> Qadesh, surely?
>
> James Christian
>
> On 10 May 2010 19:15, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> James:
>>
>> >From the totality of the context, we are dealing with a Philistine king
>> living in an early bronze age city that apparently, for what ever reason,
>> did not survive the early bronze age. Seeing as the Philistines lived to
>> the
>> west of Beersheba, the closest Qadesh that I know of is Qadesh Barnea,
>> hence
>> my understanding.
>>
>> Karl W. Randolph.
>>
>> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:39 AM, James Christian
>> <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>wrote:
>>
>> > How do you identify Gezer and Shur? It would seem to me that the Qadesh
>> in
>> > Genesis 20:1 should be on the other side of Gezer to Shur.
>> >
>> > James Christian
>> >
>> >
>> >
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