Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200-539 B.C.E.
This
book establishes the first comprehensive system for evaluating
potential identifications of persons mentioned in the Hebrew Bible with
persons mentioned in Northwest Semitic inscriptions. It applies this
system in detail to a small number of Hebrew inscriptions, the Mesha
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 advanced scholars, graduate students, seminarians, clergy, and
others who have a working knowledge of at least one Northwest Semitic
language, e.g., biblical Hebrew, and to nonspecialists interested in
questions about biblical historicity and potential identifications of
biblical persons in Northwest Semitic inscriptions.
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