[Avodah] Ishbaal's Jar

Micha Berger via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Thu Jun 18 06:50:14 PDT 2015


According to TOI <http://www.timesofisrael.com/inscription-bearing-name-from-davidic-era-found-at-ancient-site>
or <http://j.mp/1dMdZVd>, discusses finding a jar that dates to around
1020-980 BCE (Iron Age), breating the name the name of Ishbaal ben Beda.

Ishbaal is Divrei HaYamim's name for the son of Shaul whom seifer
Shemuel calls Ishboshet. (Probably because bearing the name of Baal
is a bushah.)

Allegedly "Among Judeans, personal names evoking Baal fell out of fashion
after the 10th century, but not so among their Israelite cousins to
the north."

Lisa, does any of this relate to strengthening or weakening the case
for revisionist dating?

(Newcomers might wish to see the Jewish Action article Lisa has on her
site at <http://www.starways.net/lisa/essays/exodus.html> to understand
why I asked.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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