Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Bryant J. Williams III" <bjwvmw AT com-pair.net>]

Dear Nir,

Regarding archaeological finds on the Davidic-Solomonic period. See recent
excavations reported by BAR. Whether you agree or disagree on the findings is
not the issue at this time since presuppositions regarding the Biblical text 
and
dating (early/late dating of the finds), etc. is hindering understanding.
Furthermore, the Khirber Queyafa (spelling?), Davidic palace, etc. are showing
more and more that the dating is definitely off.
Beyond what I just said would be against list guidelines.

Rev. Bryant J. Williams III

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] fred, karl on languages


> karl, fred,
>
> just a couple of side remarks:
>
> > that faith, not fact, dictates whether hebrew, hurrian, hittite or some
> other language was spoken & written in hebron ... in 882 b.c.
>
> 1. if i am not wrong, the period of david and solomon in particular is an
> archaeological black hole, in the sense (i think) that no archeological
> finding can be linked directly to their kingdom. some recent israeli
> archeologists even went as far as doubt whether these historical
> figures did exist. if this is the archeological picture, fred, your
> question may remain without any significant answer. we are reduced
> to studying names of biblical people and places, whose interpretation
> (as seen in this forum) is often unclear.
>
> 2. i think it is pretty established, on the basis of archeological
> findings, that semitic did form a linguistic continuum from
> ethiopia to messopotamia. perhaps the most interesting pieces of
> evidence, as far as the bible is concerned, are the mesha stone and
> the story of gilgamesh.
>
> regards
> nir cohen
>
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