Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jack Kilmon" <jkilmon AT historian.net>]

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From: <jimstinehart AT aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 9:35 PM
To: <bjwvmw AT com-pair.net>; <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>; 
<b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Jerusalem - spelling, in historical perspective

> Rev. Bryant J. Williams III:
>
> 1.  You wrote:  “The name is Melchizedek, King of Salem….”
>
> I disagree.  This priest’s name, rather, is “(My Deity Is) King of 
> Righteous Victory, King of Safety”.

And I disagree.  In Genesis 14:18 וּמַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ שָׁלֵם  meleky 
tsedeq  ("Zedeq is lord") king of Shalem (certainly before the common era).
> Consider the following factors that support my view:
>
> (i)  There is no place called Shalem prior to the common era.

Not true. It is called "Shalem" at Genesis 14:18 (see above) and in numerous 
inscriptions.

> (ii)  There is no basis for viewing $LM as being an abbreviation of 
> “Jerusalem”.

Of course there is. "The City of Shalem" (uru-shalem) would be called simply 
Shalem and it is in Genesis, inscriptions by the Ramessides and at Mari.

>


Jack

Jack Kilmon
San Antonio, TX