{"id":53827,"date":"2019-04-16T21:53:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T18:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=53827"},"modified":"2022-11-08T19:46:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T17:46:03","slug":"whats-in-a-name-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/whats-in-a-name-3\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s In A Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[361,551,673],"acf":{"old_id":"53827","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34243,"related_cahpter":"199","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Onomastics, toponyms, and other insights into ancient geography","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From here through chapter 19, the Book of Joshua contains a vast assortment of place names. This presents an opportunity to introduce the subject of \u201conomastics,\u201d as the study of proper nouns is called. In each such chapter, we will select one place name and elaborate on it. To assist us, we shall consult one of the published works of Yoel Elitzur, an Israeli Bible scholar, who specializes in this area.*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This chapter contains the names of thirty-one places whose kings were defeated by Joshua and which were going to be distributed among the Israelites as their ancestral inheritance. However, before listing their names, the book takes a retrospective glance at a slightly earlier era, recalling the Israelite victory over Sihon, King of Cheshbon (v. 2). Let us see how the name and location of Cheshbon were preserved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First of all, we need to take note of the fact that a book called <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Onomasticon<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was written in the early 4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century CE by Eusebius, a Christian Bible scholar, who had the advantage of living in the Land of Israel (Caesarea). Calling it by the Greek name <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essebon<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (classical authors had trouble pronouncing guttural consonants like <em>c<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">het<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), he located the city in the mountains about 20 miles east of Jericho. Moving to the mid-7<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century, we should also acknowledge the contribution of the conquering Muslims, who kept most of the biblical place names, albeit giving them an Arabic flavor. Cheshbon became <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chisban<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is situated about 20 kilometers southwest of Amman. It is called by that very name by Eshtor HaParchi, the first Jewish traveler (14<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century) to record biblical onomastics in his book <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaftor VaFerach<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It remains anyone\u2019s guess (do you have one?) whether the name is connected to the idea of thinking or reckoning, both of which, in Hebrew, use the root <em>ch-sh-b<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*For this chapter: <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ancient Toponyms in the Land of Israel, Preservation and History<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (HEBREW; Jerusalem, 2012), 288-294.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lea, Philip Date: 1692 Location: Holy Land, Israel, Palestine \/ 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