Bible Review

What is traditionally called the “Song of Moses” is referred to as the “Song of Miriam” in the scholarly literature.

The Amarna letters are a cache of cuneiform tablets from the 14th century B.C., found at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt, consisting in large part of diplomatic correspondence between Egypt and petty local rulers in Canaan who served under Egyptian hegemony.

For the purpose of this article, “Exodus” refers to the book and “exodus” refers to the event.

By the time of Ramesses 2, Horus had become identified with the Sphinx god, Harmachis.

Yahweh is the modern vocalization of the ineffable name of Israel’s God, spelled in the Bible by four consonants, YHWH, known as the Tetragrammaton or Tetragram.

“Letter from a Hebrew King?” BAR 06:01.

André Lemaire, “Fragments from the Book of Balaam Found at Deir Alla,” BAR 11:05.

Aaron Demsky and Moshe Kochavi, “An Alphabet from the Days of the Judges,” BAR 04:03.

In Biblical Archaeology Review see Rudolph Cohen, “The Fortresses King Solomon Built to Protect His Southern Border,” BAR 11:03; and Ze’ev Meshel, “Did Yahweh Have a Consort?” BAR 05:02.