Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Jim:

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:21 AM, <JimStinehart AT aol.com> wrote:

>  Karl:
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> You wrote:  “There were records as late as the iron age that there were 
> still forests in the Negev south of the Dead Sea
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To look at a record that is readily available, look at Ezekiel 21:2–3
(20:46–47 in English) talks about the forest of the Negev. This was written
during the Babylonian Captivity, well into the iron age, yet it mentions a
forest in the Negev.


> Jim Stinehart
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> Evanston, Illinois
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Karl W. Randolph.