Biblical Hebrew Forum

[JimStinehart AT aol.com]

James Christian:
 
Jerusalem was never called Salem.  Jerusalem has always been called by  
some version of "Jerusalem".  The Salem in chapter 14 of Genesis has  nothing 
to do with Jerusalem.
 
The Patriarchal narratives never mention Jerusalem.  That's because  the 
Patriarchal narratives are so old that Jerusalem was not a Hebrew city in  
the 
Patriarchal Age, much less a Hebrew holy city.
 
If the Patriarchal narratives except chapter 14 of Genesis were 1st  
millennium BCE fiction, as university scholars would have it, it seems  
unbelievable that they never mention Jerusalem, and never say that Jerusalem  
will be 
an integral part of the Promised Land for the Hebrews.  That's  showing the 
true antiquity of the composition of the Patriarchal narratives,  back in 
the day when Jerusalem was Abdi-Heba's pagan city (with 318 taxpaying  pagan 
citizens).
 
Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois