A Typology of West Semitic Place Name Lists with Special Reference to Joshua 13-21
The heart of the book of Joshua offers place name lists, the origin and purpose of which have long been debated. Surprisingly, little attention has been paid to the existence of many kinds of place name lists in documents from the larger West Semitic world, especially the cuneiform tablets of Mari,...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Scholars Press
1996
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1996, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 160-170 |
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Summary: | The heart of the book of Joshua offers place name lists, the origin and purpose of which have long been debated. Surprisingly, little attention has been paid to the existence of many kinds of place name lists in documents from the larger West Semitic world, especially the cuneiform tablets of Mari, Alalakh, and Ugarit. Comparing these lists with the lists of Joshua 13-21 reveals the origins of particular lists and the fashioning of the whole as a land grant document contextualized within a larger covenant document. |
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Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210547 |