'Men of Judah' Amarna Letter EA169 [Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative'
Posted on 03/29/2020 7:11:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
One of these Amarna letters (EA 39) came to light just before the turn of the previous century (1900). Researchers noted references to "ameluti Ia-u-du" and "ameluti tsabe Ia-u-du." The spelling of Ia-u-du is identical to that of later Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions referring to Judah (Judah is our Anglicized form of the Hebrew Yehuda). As such, we would have a translation of the above two passages as "men of Judah" and "soldiers of Judah."
Prof. Morris Jastrow Jr. (1861–1921) wrote an article titled "'The Men of Judah' in the El-Amarna Tablets"... the inscription was related to territory in the extreme north of Canaan (midwest-Syria) -- perhaps around the region of Tunip, a peculiar place to find "men of Judah." There was some dissent that this referred to a slightly different, but similar-sounding word meaning "they have witnessed." Jastrow, however, refuted this by showing that the context identifies Ia-u-du as a proper name for a clan or group...
Perhaps an even more definitive link is found in 2 Kings 14:28, which states that the territory of "Damascus, and Hamath ... belonged to Judah" (King James Version). This was when the northern kingdom of Israel had been divided from the southern kingdom of Judah for quite some time -- and yet the tribe of Judah somehow held an outpost north of Israel. There is a possible reference to this Judahite land -- as well as the Judahite king at the time, Uzziah -- on an Assyrian inscription (see here for more detail).
(Excerpt) Read more at watchjerusalem.co.il ...
what is bce?
You mean 14th Century BC, right?
“BCE” has no meaning. We date our years since the time of Christ. If somebody doesn’t like that, then adopt a firrerent dating calendar, maybe one that starts from the founding of Rome. That would make this the year 2476 or something like that
But if we’re going to call the current year, 2020, then we’re counting from the time of Christ, so it’s AD, and before it is BC.
Immanuel Velikovsky, "Theses for the Reconstruction of Ancient History", June 10, 1945
BCE means Before Common Era -- and that has been explained amply over the years in every topic where it has appeared, so quit pretending you didn't know and quit trolling this topic.
BCE is meaningless Political Correctness
If you have a problem with dating from the time of Christ, date from another historical milestone, like the enthronement of Charlemagne 800 years after Christ’s birth.
But if you’re using the timeline that starts from the time of Christ - and you are - then you’re just LYING by denying that’s what you’re doing
he wasnt the author of the article, your criticism is aimed at the wrong person
what’s BCE?
It’s a lying politically correct deception that tries to hide the fact that our calendar counts its years from the time Christ. (BC and AD)
If we counted our years from the birth of George Washington, this would be the year 288. But since we count our years from the birth of Christ (or what the calendar-writers thought to be his birth year) this is the year 2020
he wasnt the author of the article, your criticism is aimed at the wrong person”
I’m criticizing the headline, whoever wrote it.
That is impossible because the standard Egyptian chronology and thus the date of the will not allow it.It would be too early by centuries and put the date of the exodus in the middle bronze age period./s
I had heard of this before. Interesting read.
Be warned Gerald R. Flurry is a false prophet and an abusive cult leader descended from another false prophet and cult leader Herbert W. Armstrong.
There is no event held to be common, so stop being obtuse and attempting to get people who don’t accept one that there is anyway.
The attempt to do so has been pushed for many years, it never has garnered widespread support outside of academia even with teaching it in schools.
That technique hasn’t fared any better than the exact same technique has in implementation of the Global Warming scam and its just as stupid applied to both topics.
You may find yourself employing the term professionally but don’t lash out at other people who have never bought into it.
Quit trolling people trying to bash them into capitulating to far left redefinition of language.
You are correct SunkenCiv. I did know what BCE stands for. It is a designation of the year based on the birth of the baby Jesus. It is very popular among people who despise Christianity. My beef is with Wednesday. It is named after a pagan god. While we are at it let’s change everything in this sinking civilization.
I think I always held out for the possibility of Akhenaten being the Pharaoh of Joseph, son of Jacob, converted to monotheism... but it always seemed far fetched in most chronologies.
As to to the trolls stealing the thread for pointless arguments, have them raise an army and conquer Asia and convert them to Christianity. I am a dedicated Christian and struggled with this 'BCE - CE' thing. We have the whole world (except Star Trek) using our calendar. If they want to say 'Common Era' and I wish to say 'Christian Era' who is any the worse off? They are using the Christian calendar.
But if the trolls want to start a new era of Crusades, let them raise a Holy Army and go and conquer the heathen and force them to convert... isn't that how Christ did it? Or was that Muhammed?
>>>BCE” has no meaning. We date our years since the time of Christ
But this is an artice out of Israel. As far as they are concerned, we are still BC.
I think I always held out for the possibility of Akhenaten being the Pharaoh of Joseph, son of Jacob, converted to monotheism... but it always seemed far fetched in most chronologies.
There's a hack Egyptian writer (I've got the book, but, uh, I only have a vague notion of where it is, out in the garage) who claimed that various Israelite rulers of Israel were instead Egyptian pharaohs, and produced an imaginary causality loop in the process because, y'know, he didn't know what he was talking about. He also claimed Egyptians invented ballet, other stuff (maybe yodeling, I can't remember).
In later years Fomenko came along with his balderdash which put the Egyptian guy's chauvinistic horse-pucky to shame. My favorite off-the-rails whack job still has to be the guy who claimed the entire Roman Empire was a hoax. What about things like the coliseum and Hadrian's Wall? Built later to reinforce the hoax, I guess when everyone was out of town for a carnival and didn't realize there'd been a change when they got back.
BCE is not named after a pagan god, so knock it off.
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