Prof.Yigal Levin: Youwrote: “By the way, Jim, a few versesbefore Bityah, in verses [I Chronicles 4:] 13-14, we read, "The sons ofKenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai. Meonothai became the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah became the fatherof Joab father of Ge-harashim, so-called because they wereartisans." Seraiah is clearly a YH-suffix name. His son Joab (Yo-av –"YW is father") is a YW-prefix name. Both are Yahwistic.” Inthe rest of the Bible, but not necessarily in Chronicles, “Kenaz” is a Hurrianname, and “Seraiah” is either a Hebrew name that honors YHWH or else it’s aSemiticized Hurrian name. Itis my humble opinion that Chronicles was composed so very late that by thattime, all the Hurrian families in Jerusalem had died out, and there no longerwas any knowledge in Jerusalem of Hurrian names, or even who the Hurrians hadbeen. Whereas the Bible through II Kingsseems very knowledgeable about Hurrian names, Chronicles, by sharp contrast,appears to have no grasp of Hurrian names whatsoever, on any level. AlthoughI defend virtually everything in the truly ancient Patriarchal narratives, I amnot prepared to defend anything in Chronicles, especially regarding names that mayor may not be Hurrian names. I do notthink that the author of Chronicles [unlike the various authors of the Biblethrough II Kings] knew anything about Hurrian names. JimStinehart Evanston,Illinois
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