An Elegy for a Conquered City: Or: Does Papyrus Amherst 63 xii 1–11 Reflect the Fall of Samaria?
The recent editions of the Aramaic text in Demotic script known as Papyrus Amherst 63 have opened a new arena for scholarly discussions. Karel van der Toorn suggested that in col. xii:1-11 of this text an elegy on the Siege of Samaria from the point of view of the conquerors can be found. I will arg...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 136-149 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KBL Near East and North Africa TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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| Summary: | The recent editions of the Aramaic text in Demotic script known as Papyrus Amherst 63 have opened a new arena for scholarly discussions. Karel van der Toorn suggested that in col. xii:1-11 of this text an elegy on the Siege of Samaria from the point of view of the conquerors can be found. I will argue that his proposal is based on too many suppositions and hence should be construed as too speculative to be convincing. I would prefer a more Northern, Syrian location for the bewailed city, probably Carchemish. As a result, Van der Toorn’s historical construction regarding the provenance of the Arameans and Yehudites in Syene and on the island of Elephantine is challenged. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-9019 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Die Welt des Orients
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.13109/wdor.2021.51.2.136 |