Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

There is little to go by and that's the while point exactly. If this was so
late we would expect there to be much more to go by. We would expect
something like a reference to Nebuchadnezzar's great-great-...-great-great
grandad or something like that.

James Christian

On 12 May 2010 23:30, George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au> wrote:

> Not necessarily, James. Aetiologies can be quite late, even more than a
> thousand years after the supposed origin on the name. Furthermore, there is
> a methodological assumption in your reasoning. You are assuming that the
> aetiology is necessarily accurate as to its origin. You might be right on
> that count, but how would you actually know? That is, how do you know it's
> not a very late author making up a tradition, or drawing on a tradition
> which isn't quite accurate or historical? There's little to go by here.
>
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
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