Other interresting extra-biblical evidence bearing direrctly on this canAlso the place name Yehud is found in the Hebrew Bible in Joshua 19:45 (only), and without the Vav! Interesting, although its relation to the name Yehuda is uncertain.
be found in the many seal impressions (bullae) from the time of the Persian
rule. Judea was then a province or satrapy whose name was written in Hebrew
letters as either YHD, without the Waw or YHWD,with the Waw!
An earlier inscriptional mention occurs in Arad ostracon no.40, where the name
appears with a Waw: "....MLK YHWD[H]...". This is dated to shortly before the
end of the Judean kingdom.
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