Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] 1 Kings 20:14 Who are the young men, princes of the districts?
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:24:25 +0300
Dear Jim Stinehart,
Please do not put words in my mouth. I have never claimed that Hazazon Tamar
is the same as the Roman Tamar, at Hazevah south of the Dead Sea. In fact,
if you look at 2 Chr. 20:2, you'll see Hazazon Tamar identified there with
En Gedi, which makes perfect sense. This, however, does not make either Gen.
14 or 2 Chr. 20 "historical".
Is this city name at Genesis 14: 7 a Hurrian name? Does it mean "the
wisdom of nine"? If XCC is the root of XCCN TMR, do you think that Yigal
Levin
and Anson Rainey have found a bona fide match in the Roman-era village
Tamar,
Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois