Talk:Mesha

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Bruce D. Despain in topic transcription or translation

Proposed edit: the main point

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One of the bigger points of the Mesha inscription is where it agrees with Israel rather than contradicts it. It confirms that Israel likely did control Moab at one point, and gives information on the Israelite ruler Omri, who is barely mentioned in the Torah but is historically significant. Does anyone else think this is worth mentioning?

(Mutecebu (talk) 13:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC))Reply

Sure, sounds like a decent contextualisation. I wrote the article in a bit of a rush 2 years ago and my haste kept it minimal. Thanks for the input.

(Kingshalmaneser (talk) 21:11, 17 July 2008 (UTC))Reply

transcription or translation

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Is this available? [1] claims that the name of Israel's god, YHWH, appears on the stele. Can this be confirmed? How is it used. Surely the language of the monument is Moabite and the name may have a different reference? Bruce D. Despain (talk) 20:10, 12 March 2018 (UTC)Bruce D. DespainReply

References

  1. ^ John Rogerson, "The Old Testament" in The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible (Oxford Univ. Press, 2001) p. 15