A Note on the Personal Name Amon (2 Kings 21,19-26 || 2 Chr 33,21-25)
Manasseh’s son Amon (Heb. Nwm)) has what appears to be an Egyptian name. This article argues that Manasseh, who fought alongside Ashurbanipal on his first campaign in Egypt in 667 BCE, named the son born to him during Ashurbanipal’s second campaign in 663 BCE as a flattering commemoration of his ove...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2000
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Biblica
Year: 2000, Volume: 81, Issue: 3, Pages: 403-405 |
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| Summary: | Manasseh’s son Amon (Heb. Nwm)) has what appears to be an Egyptian name. This article argues that Manasseh, who fought alongside Ashurbanipal on his first campaign in Egypt in 667 BCE, named the son born to him during Ashurbanipal’s second campaign in 663 BCE as a flattering commemoration of his overlord’s capture of the rebel capital Thebes (Heb. Nwm) )n) in that year. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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