[hunter112]

So, "Nabu-sharrussu-ukin" is the same as "Nebo-Sarsekim"???!! Maybe that's close enough for biblical scholars, but to me, it's like saying that Paul McCartney is also RuPaul.

And the "chief officer" being the same as the "chief eunuch"?? No, thanks, I don't want the benefit package on that key-man employment contract...

And even if it were 100% the very same person, how does that verify any other part of the Old Testament?

[muawiyah]

You have to understand that the cunuiform "characters" are more in the nature of an hieroglyph than some sort of alphabet.

They were also developed for use in a more ancient agglutinative (possibly Uralic/Altaic, or Dravidian related) language which was, in the time of Jeremiah, supplanted with a Semitic language, so there's not a perfect fit between the indicated sound and the actual sound.

Kind of like tough, though, enough, thought. The letters don't match the sounds and you tough it out every day as though you'd given enough thought to the matter to simply ignore it.

[muawiyah]

Admiral He, the man in charge of the Chinese Treasure Fleet in the early 1400s was also "the chief eunuch".

So, yeah, this all rings true. Real folks doing the jobs imaginary folks can't do.

[Inyokern]

So, "Nabu-sharrussu-ukin" is the same as "Nebo-Sarsekim"???

Yes, it is very plausible. Keep in mind that Old Testament Hebrew was written with no vowels. The vowels are basically just guessed at. And "sh" and "s" are the same letter in Semitic languages. The "in" at the end of the name was probably taken as a plural, which would be written "im" in Hebrew.

So "Nabu-sharrussu-ukin" could easily become "Nebo-Sarsekim" when transliterated into Hebrew.

[RobbyS]

Just recall they are not dealing with Words in the English language. but related languages. The Babylonians were Semites.

[drlevy88]

And the "chief officer" being the same as the "chief eunuch"?? No, thanks, I don't want the benefit package on that key-man employment contract...

It was common for kings to elevate eunuchs to high office this way. It was done so that said officers wouldn't be a risk of fooling around with the king's concubines.

[NathanR]

Seems totally reasonable. Remember “Peking” and “Beijing” are different transliterations for the same place name.

It is the same city, however. It would make sense that “Nabu-sharrussu-ukin” and “Nebo-Sarsekim” would be different transliterations for the same name

[humblegunner]

Maybe that's close enough for biblical scholars, but to me, it's like saying that Paul McCartney is also RuPaul.

Ru Paul is trying his hand at politics these days.

I'd hate to think he was McCartney, too... whoa.

[fso301]

So, "Nabu-sharrussu-ukin" is the same as "Nebo-Sarsekim"???!! Maybe that's close enough for biblical scholars, but to me, it's like saying that Paul McCartney is also RuPaul.

Nabu-sharrussu-ukin is the spelling from 2500 years ago. Nebo-Sarsekim is probably the modern english "sounds like".