Site: Tell el-Amarna (Upper Egypt)
Language: Akkadian cunieform
Date: 1400-1367 BC
Amarna tablets from Palestine (Gezer, Megiddo, etc.) dating to the period of the Judges refer to:
Hapiru: roving, warlike bands attack Palestine and destroy many cities
Some scholars think may be the Hebrews. Hot debate. Probably are not, but . . .
Thursday, June 12, 2008
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