RT Article
T1 Judean personal names in the book of Jeremiah in light of archaeological evidence
JF Journal for the study of the Old Testament
VO 43
IS 2
SP 133
OP 145
A1 Golub, Mitka R
A1 Golani, Shira J.
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1663258848
AB The relationship between the book of Jeremiah and the archaeological data can be viewed through the lens of Judean personal names from the 7th to the early 6th centuries BCE. Previous onomastic studies have searched the epigraphic record for names of individuals mentioned in Jeremiah. This study, however, analyzes and compares characteristics of personal names in both sources, such as name type, the existence and type of theophoric elements, the location of the theophoric element in a name (either prefixed or suffixed), the יהו-יהand יהו-יוvariants, and popular names. The comparison reveals similarities between Judean personal names in Jeremiah and those found in the archaeological data, indicating that the book of Jeremiah probably reflects authentic pre-Exilic Judean onomastic traditions. Nevertheless, the differences found in the distribution of יהוand יהbetween names in Jeremiah and the archaeological data may demonstrate that the names in Jeremiah were affected by redaction.
K1 Archaeology and the Bible
K1 First Temple period
K1 Iron Age II
K1 Jeremiah
K1 Judah
K1 Judean onomastics
K1 Yahwistic names
K1 Personal Names
K1 Redaction
DO 10.1177/0309089217702888