Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Jim:

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 7:07 AM, <JimStinehart AT aol.com> wrote:

>
> One mainstream scholarly view is that the assertion in the Patriarchal
> narratives that the Patriarchs were buried at XBRWN is false, because XBRN
> [note
> the different spelling] is associated with the mountainous city of King
> David [20 miles south of Jerusalem]:
>

Another argument not backed up by the facts. There is only one time in
Tanakh that the town is referenced without that waw, and that can be a
scribal error.

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