Signs of YHWH, God of the Hebrews, in New Kingdom Egypt?
This paper offers some observations on the meaning the Egyptians may have assigned to the name YHWA/YHA/YH, which is attested in lists of toponyms inscribed on temple walls dated to the time of the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BCE), and in a personal name of one owner of a Book of the Dead papyrus from ar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2022
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Entangled Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 2 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Egypt (Antiquity)
/ Jahwe
/ Place name
/ Canaanites
/ Gods
/ History 1552 BC-1070 BC
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| RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion AX Inter-religious relations BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament KBL Near East and North Africa NBC Doctrine of God TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
Seth
B toponyms B Dagon B Baal B Astarte B Qedeshet B classifiers B Yhwh B Reshef B Shasu B Canaanite Gods B Anat |
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| Summary: | This paper offers some observations on the meaning the Egyptians may have assigned to the name YHWA/YHA/YH, which is attested in lists of toponyms inscribed on temple walls dated to the time of the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BCE), and in a personal name of one owner of a Book of the Dead papyrus from around the same time. The paper examines the occurrences of names of Canaanite gods in Egyptian transcription, with special attention to orthography, through which it sheds new light on the Egyptian understanding of the name YHWA/YHA/YH. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.46586/er.12.2021.9463 |