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#Canaan before #Egypt
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The Apex of #Canaanite Civilization

#AncientLevant #Levant #AncientNearEast #AncientWestAsia
https://youtu.be/k7b2DipTCOE

Monday Miscellany!

This week:
- Letter of #Jeremiah
- Preparing the way of the #Lord
- #Bible readings
- #Canaanite statue
- Book review: beauty and resistance

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✧ Tell es-Sakan ✧

Tell es-Sakan is an archaeological site about 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Gaza City in Palestine. It was the site of two separate Early Bronze Age urban settlements. Ancient Egypt expanded its territory into southwestern Palestine in the latter half of the 4th millennium BCE and during this time Tell es-Sakan was founded as an administrative...

#GazaCity #BCE #Palestine #Egypt #Canaanite #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_es-Sakan

Notice the Media Kills The Same Notable People Frequently? https://www.blackjester.com/?id=108 #TheBlackJester #Sumerian #Babylonian #Canaanite

Notice the Media Kills The Same Notable People Frequently? https://www.blackjester.com/?id=108 #TheBlackJester #Sumerian #Babylonian #Canaanite

New publications and podcast

Busy year for publications (think that’s it for me this year):

Semitic *ʾilāh- and Hebrew אלהים‎: From plural ‘gods’ to singular ‘God’ (Open Access)

Abstract: The Biblical Hebrew word אלהים‎ is plural in form. Semantically and syntactically, however, it can be plural or singular. The stem of this noun can be reconstructed as * ʾilāh-. As already noted by Wellhausen, this looks like a broken plural of *ʾil-, the Proto-Semitic word for ‘god’. This article takes Wellhausen’s observation and uses it to explain the plural morphology of Hebrew אלהים‎. I argue that *ʾilāh- should be reconstructed with redundant plural suffixes in some parts of the paradigm. This reconstructed paradigm is preserved virtually unchanged in Archaic Biblical Hebrew. The reconstructed paradigm also explains the almost complete replacement of *ʾil- by *ʾilāh- in Aramaic and Arabic and allows us to reassess the reasons for the association between the lexeme ‘god’ and plural number. Consequently, earlier suggestions that see אלהים‎’s plural number as a reflection of pre-Yahwistic polytheism or as a marker of abstractness are no longer tenable.

The varying size of the Sodom coalition in Genesis 14 (in FS Tigchelaar; email me for a PDF)

Trying my hardest to find something that might interest newly retired KU Leuven professor Eibert Tigchelaar, I used some Dead Sea Scrolls and other Second Temple literature as well as other textual and linguistic evidence to seek for order in the number of kings on Sodom’s side in Gen 14. Turns out that this closely aligns with other indications of different layers in this fascinating chapter: one about a local raid, one that may be a reworking of a lost epic, and a third one building on the combination of the first two. If you understand Dutch (or want to practice!), also check out this brand new episode of Timo Epping’s Oudheid, all about this question.

#AncientSouthArabian #Arabic #Aramaic #Bible #Canaanite #GeEz #Genesis #Hebrew #Hosea #linguistics #news #Phoenician #ProtoSemitic

Archaeologists have uncovered a 5,500-year-old Canaanite blade workshop in Israel - the first complete manufacturing site ever found, revealing sophisticated Bronze Age craftsmanship and truly ancient tool technology.

#Canaan #Canaanite #ancienttechnology #ancienttools #prehistoric #AncientCivilizations #ancienthistory

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/canaanite-blade-workshop-0022305

No more #Canaanite #donkey 🐴 #sacrifice for the #wealthy let him return to his native #Nile Valley

https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/hyndijj8lg

⬆️ @Faithslayer202

Fact-checked by #Britannica ➡️ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Philistine-people

Also, from the same article, "The Canaanite Phoenicians on the Syrian coast re-established their trading communities after the #Philistine and Aramaean invasions."

So, #Philistines were #Aegean, while #Canaanite were #Phoenicians.

Regardless of genealogy, they were not natives, but invaders.

#FirstTemple destroyed by #Babylonians was a human artifact, not a religious reference.

@SteveSilent @InternetDev @Lassielmr

⬆️ @SteveSilent

>> Genetics proves that Palestinians do not have Greek genes, but Canaanite genes.

Even without a source, I can see where what you are saying does not actually contradict what the book says.

It never said anything about the genealogy. Only the geography.

That #Philistines came from the #Greek island of #Crete says nothing about their genes.

Once settled in the portion of #Judea then knows as #Canaan, they became #Canaanite, am I right?

@Faithslayer202 @InternetDev @Lassielmr

The Origins of Hebrew

“This episode examines the origins of Hebrew and its relationship with Canaanite dialects in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. The episode will explore archaeological artifacts such as an inscription from Izbet Sarteh in Israel, which may be one of the earliest inscriptions of the Hebrew language.”

#Video length: ten mintues and fifty nine seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKQ5280A2mM

#Hebrew #Bible #Canaan #Canaanite #BronzeAge #IronAge #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Language #Languages #Linguistics @archaeodons

“The extent to which the worship of Baal and Asherah affected Israel’s understanding of Yahweh is seen in the inscriptions found at Kuntillet Ajrud. Jezebel was not fully responsible for the ongoing worship of Canaanite deities in Israel and Judah but her reign gave legitimacy to the long held tendency.”

Dolan, M. (2024) “Jezebel: A Hebrew Disaster”, Buried History: The Journal of the Australian Institute of Archaeology, 40, pp. 39–48. https://doi.org/10.62614/7d25h288

#OpenAccess #OA #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Antiquidons #Israel #Phoenicia #Yahweh #Baal #Levant #MiddleEast #NearEast #Hebrew #Bible #Religion #Canaan #Canaanite #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @antiquidons @histodon @histodons

#Image (Baal Ugarit) attribution: Louvre Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baal_Ugarit_Louvre_AO17329.jpg

"After a thorough examination, we may conclude that the item’s amateurish preparation and local origin are suggestive of a scribal exercise. The use of an available mould that was not suitable for a tablet, the child’s fingerprint on the reverse and the corrected mistakes in the script all point to an inexperienced scribe."

Fossé, C. et al. (2024) ‘Archaeo-Material Study of the Cuneiform Tablet from Tel Beth-Shemesh’, Tel Aviv, 51(1), pp. 3–17. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03344355.2024.2327796.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Antiquity #Antiquidons #BronzeAge #Cuneiform #Ugarit #Canaan #Canaanite #Semite #Alphabet #Epigraphy #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @antiquidons

Now I'm confused again, is the scholarly consensus that #Ugaritic isn't #Canaanite these days?

#NorthwestSemitic #DeadLanguages #Ugarit
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite_languages

The #Egyptian - #Canaanite Correspondence, in R. Cohen and R. Westbrook (eds.), #Amarna Diplomacy: The Beginnings of International Relations

#Levant #AncientLevant #AncientNearEast #Canaan #Ugarit
https://www.academia.edu/13452744/The_Egyptian_Canaanite_Correspondence_in_R_Cohen_and_R_Westbrook_eds_Amarna_Diplomacy_The_Beginnings_of_International_Relations_Baltimore_and_London_2000_pp_125_138_252_253

Compositional Variations in Aged and Heated Pistacia #Resin Found in Late #BronzeAge #Canaanite Amphorae and Bowls from Amarna, #Egypt
https://www.academia.edu/114993844/Compositional_Variations_in_Aged_and_Heated_Pistacia_Resin_Found_in_Late_Bronze_Age_Canaanite_Amphorae_and_Bowls_from_Amarna_Egypt_

King Qareh, A #Canaanite King in #Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period
https://www.academia.edu/5564413/King_Qareh_A_Canaanite_King_in_Egypt_during_the_Second_Intermediate_Period

"Continuity and Admixture in the Last Five Millennia of Levantine History from Ancient Canaanite and Present-Day Lebanese Genome Sequences." American Journal of Human Genetics 101.2 (2017) 274-282. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.06.013 #openaccess #oa #research #history #histodon #histodons #ancient #science #DNA #aDNA #population #genetics #genome #archaeology #archaeodons #anthropology #AncientNearEast #lebanon #BronzeAge #phoenicians #canaan #canaanite @histodon @histodons @archaeodons @science @anthropology

"Continuity and Admixture in the Last Five Millennia of Levantine History from Ancient Canaanite and Present-Day Lebanese Genome Sequences." American Journal of Human Genetics 101.2 (2017) 274-282. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.06.013 #openaccess #oa #history #histodon #histodons #ancient #science #DNA #aDNA #population #genetics #genome #archaeology #archaeodons #anthropology #AncientNearEast #lebanon #BronzeAge #phoenicians #canaan #canaanite @histodon @histodons @archaeodons @science @anthropology

Looking through an archive* today and found a history of #YHWH and #Canaanite deities that dates to 101 CE!**

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* ) The archive was my literature notes.
**) Upon further (unfunded) research, the dating of the text turned out to be a scribal error.

#ReligiousStudies #BiblicalStudies

(edit: repost since I noticed the original post wasn't updating properly...)

Map showing select #Phoenician / #Canaanite colonies and settlements with their known or reasonably suggested endonymic names.

This map is more information card than eye-candy, with a look-up table of settlements, being a review of almost 90 different sources. As always all information is on the image. There are two versions here: A and B, with B being for if A is too hard to read.

I did try to automate citations due to the ridiculous amount of reading. There may be errors due to the software.

#map #maps #classicalantiquity #phoenicians #mediterranean #europe #northafrica #africa #levante #cyprus #spain #portugal #morocco #algeria #tunisia #lybia #italy #punic #semitic #antiquity #historicalmaps #history #carthage #mapstodon #histodon #histodons

@decodingtrolls

#@WahbAllat

This toot about the #PhoenecianAlphabet us very interesting.

I remembered reading about a simplified script for accounting purposes in #AncientEgypt, #Hieratic script, though.

Hieratic was supposedly developed at about the same time as the #hieroglyphs*, i.e. at least 3,400 BCE, and would therefore be much older than #Canaanite #scripture, i.e. the #PhoenicianAlphabet.

What am I missing?

*https://omniglot.com/writing/egyptian_hieratic.htm

Notice the Media Kills The Same Notable People Frequently? https://www.tobj.ws/?id=318 #TheBlackJester #Sumerian #Babylonian #Canaanite

@gerardryan @bookstodon Adrienne Mayor led me to Flaubert’s #historical #novel “Salammbô” through her “Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws” (@princetonupress).
Set at the end of the First Punic War and taking the Mercenary Revolt as its topic, “Salammbô” is noteworthy for being entirely focused on #Carthage (all but excluding Rome) and for its depiction of the #Canaanite religion in practice.
#bookstodon

And I've just seen this about the earliest sentence found in #Canaanite #language: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/first-sentence-from-canaanite-language-is-about-head-lice/

#writing #archaeology #nits #HeadLice

#Science article describing the significance of an ivory comb. A sentence is carved on it with a #Canaanite #script, an early form of the #phoenician #alphabet. A good read to start Sunday morning!! Lots of pictures and information.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-inscription-is-the-oldest-sentence-in-the-worlds-first-alphabet