Thursday, June 25, 2020

More on names in the Bible and in inscriptions

BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Personal Names and Biblical Historicity. How do ancient Israelite and Judahite personal names—collected from archaeological materials—contribute to the study of the Bible’s historicity? (Megan Sauter).

I have noted Dr. Mitka R. Golub's recent work on the onomastic history of biblical and epigraphic names here and here. In the former post I noted her BAR article on her research. This BHD post summarizes it.

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