How Sheshonq Became Shishak
Pharaoh Sheshonq (or Shoshenq1) I reigned from about 945 to 925 B.C.E. In the Bible, however, he is referred to as Shishak, rather than Sheshonq (or Shoshenq).
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Pharaoh Sheshonq (or Shoshenq1) I reigned from about 945 to 925 B.C.E. In the Bible, however, he is referred to as Shishak, rather than Sheshonq (or Shoshenq).
For the French edition of The Forgotten Kingdom, Tel Aviv University archaeologist Israel Finkelstein has recently been awarded the prestigious Delalande-Guérineau prize by the Paris-based Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.