From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>
To: George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Tel Dan Inscription
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 22:50:45 +0200
In context, with the mention of Ahazyahu, who is attributed to the
Davidic dynasty by Kings, and with the biblical use of beit David to
mean the dynasty of David or the regnant Davidic king,what else can
bytdwd mean? Are you assuming that he is king of some GN called bytdwd?
Isn't this somewhat strained?
Yours,
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
44905 Beit Berl Post Office
Israel