Biblical Hebrew Forum

[jimstinehart AT aol.com]

Professor Yigal Levin:
 
With your permission, may I politely re-phrase my question?
 
Whether Rachel died at Bethlehem of Galilee or not depends almost entirely on 
whether or not Jacob spent much of his childhood in Galilee, which in turn 
depends almost entirely on whether or not GRR is GLL/GLYL/Galilee.  
 
The precise question I meant to ask you is as follows:
 
Is there anything out there prior to the time of the composition of II 
Chronicles 14: 12-13 that supports the scholarly view that GRR is located in 
the southwest corner of Canaan, rather than GRR being GLL/GLYL/Galilee?
 
Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois