Shishak/Shoshenq's travels, again!
“There is an elusive quality about 'Shishak'.” That is the first line of my original paper “Shishak/Shoshenq's Travels” (JSOT, 86, 1999: 3-23) and I had no idea at the time how elusive he really was. To put the most positive spin on the reception of my paper, it received a very...
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente
2023
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| Sumario: | “There is an elusive quality about 'Shishak'.”
That is the first line of my original paper
“Shishak/Shoshenq's Travels” (JSOT, 86, 1999:
3-23) and I had no idea at the time how elusive
he really was. To put the most positive spin on
the reception of my paper, it received a very
lukewarm response. (One scholar claimed my
arguments and interpretations were “bizarre”!
Needless to say, he is not on my Christmas list)
Nevertheless, I believe more than ever, my main
arguments were valid.
My main arguments were as follows: the general
interpretation of the list makes unwarranted
assumptions that Shoshenq went to the
Transjordan across the highlands past Gibeon;
it is not legitimate to pick and choose names
from different rows in the inscription in order to
“interpret” particular routes; Shoshenq did not
conquer various cities creating layers of
destruction, including more locations than can
be listed on the list; and, Jerusalem probably is
not on the list.
Since 1999, more information is available about
Shoshenq I, about his regnal term, his age, and
when it may have been suitable for him to invade
Asia. In addition, more information is available
about various locations on the list which requires
a very different route than the ones chosen by
many scholars... |
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