Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200-539 B.C.E

The first comprehensive system for associating persons mentioned in the Hebrew Bible with persons mentioned in Northwest Semitic inscriptions. This book applies this system in detail to a small number of Hebrew inscriptions, the Mesa Inscription, and the Tel Dan stele. Appendixes updated through mid-2002 briefly evaluate potential identifications of over 75 biblical persons in over 90 Northwest Semitic inscriptions which are mostly contemporary with the person. Resulting identifications and non-identifications appear in six categories of strength or weakness, from unmistakable to disqualified. The final product is a first-ever corpus consisting only of inscriptions that name biblical persons. This technical book will appeal to scholars, graduate students, seminarians, religious leaders, and others who have a working knowledge of at least one Northwest Semitic language, and to nonspecialists interested in questions about biblical historicity.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence J. Mykytiuk
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2004
• EAN: 9781589830622
• ISBN: 978-1-58983-062-2
• No. of pages: 348
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 565 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity