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'Men of Judah' in the 14th Century B.C.E.? Is this the earliest reference to the tribe of Judah?
Watch Jerusalem magazine [Gerald R. Flurry] ^ | March 21, 2020 | Christopher Eames

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 ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: 18thdynasty; amarna; bc; catastrophism; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; judah
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To: SunkenCiv
***My favorite off-the-rails whack job still has to be the guy who claimed the entire Roman Empire was a hoax***

Is that the guy who called Alexander the Great 'just a reality show star?' Perhaps these are the History Channel producers who will travel half way around the world with a video crew to find Mushita's gold... and never find anything. Produce endless paranormal ghost shows with mindless people walking around in a green (IR) haze shouting, 'Something touched me!'

What kind of people run this media? ...this world? At least Velikovsky could get published in my day. sigh

21 posted on 03/30/2020 6:52:21 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh! I meant to add - ...and have a flagon of Left Leg. Cheers!


22 posted on 03/30/2020 6:56:25 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: SunkenCiv

AD, BC, Wednesday, January, etc., etc., etc. are religion based. Religion shapes societies. People hostile to religion want to erase all religious references. Tell me to “knock it off” will not work until you get enough power to eliminate all the Kulaks.


23 posted on 03/31/2020 2:25:35 AM PDT by Vehmgericht (12)
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IOW, people who don’t agree with you are Stalinists. I’m not going to edit text because someone who I didn’t ping into a topic in the first place is either made uncomfortable, or is, as I suspect, just another ignorant lying troll.


24 posted on 03/31/2020 7:10:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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