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

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Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200-539 B.C.E. is written by Lawrence J. Mykytiuk and published by Society of Biblical Lit. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1589830628 (ISBN 10) and 9781589830622 (ISBN 13).

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.