Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

Dear b-hebrew listers,

 

concerning Ecc 9:14.

I think that the scenary descripton the author offers us in this verse is something imagined...  not real.

Namely,

1. Is it logical that a GREAT king makes an attack on a LITTLE town?

2. Is it logical that this king builds BIG works of war round about al LITTLE town?

 Is this a good reason to think that it is an imagined scenario and not a real one?

 

Pere Porta

2013/7/11 George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>

Hi everyone!

A new ceramic inscription from Jerusalem has been discovered, purportedly dating to the tenth century BC. The epigrapher, Shmuel Ahituv, considers it Proto-Canaanite, and therefore not Hebrew, and reads it from left-to-right. I'm not so convinced. You can read my thoughts here:

http://withmeagrepowers.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/a-new-ceramic-inscription-from-jerusalem/

I'd be interested in whether others thought this was Hebrew or not. There's not much to go on, but thoughts are appreciated (either here or on my blog). Note, this inscription is in the old script, not the square Aramaic script.

GEORGE ATHAS

Dean of Research,

Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)

Sydney, Australia

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Pere Porta