Hi Rolf:
Actually, it does have foundation in the texts themselves. Quoting Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman in The Bible Unearthed, Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts. New York. The Free Press. 2001:
"This basic picture of the gradual accumulation of legends and stories- and their eventual incorporation into a single coherent saga with a definite theological outlook- was a product of that astonishingly creative period of literary production in the kingdom of Judah in the 7th century BCE. Perhaps most telling of all the clues that the book of Joshua was written at this time is the list of towns in the territory of the tribe of Judah, given in detail, in Joshua 15:21-62. The list precisely corresponds to the borders of the kingdom of Judah during the reign of Josiah. Moreover, the placenames mentioned in the list closely correspond to the 7th century BCE settlement pattern in the same region. And some of the sites were occupied ONLY IN THE FINAL DECADES OF THE 7TH CENTURY BCE."
Now I think we remain on topic only if we are discussing the use of EBH (950-586 BCE) in MBAII (1950-1550 BCE) on the subject of putative Abraham speaking pre-exilic Hebrew. If Abraham was, as the texts claim, an Aramean in MBAII he would have spoken Akkadian (Old Assyrian) and would have adopted Canaanite when he migrated from Haran to Canaan with his family. I think any foreign ("Asiatic") clan chieftain in Egypt at this time would have used Akkadian as a language of discourse with the Egyptians.
Regards,
Jack
Jack Kilmon
San Antonio, TX
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From: "Rolf Furuli" <furuli AT online.no>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 1:15 PM
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Aramaic to Hebrew language switch?
Dear Jack,
We should all realize that ancient history cannot be proven! The conclusions of the critical historian regarding ancient Israel is just as faith-based as the view of the fundamentalists. And your claim that Genesis-2Kings were composed in the late 7th century-early 6th century B.C.E. has no foundation whatsoever; it is based on axioms, which per definition cannot be proven.
Best regards,
Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo
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