Israel in the Merneptah Stela

@article{Hasel1994IsraelIT,
  title={Israel in the Merneptah Stela},
  author={Michael Gerald Hasel},
  journal={Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research},
  year={1994},
  volume={296},
  pages={45 - 61}
}
  • M. G. Hasel
  • Published 1 November 1994
  • History
  • Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
The name Israel in the Merneptah stela of ca. 1207 B. C. has entered a new phase of discussion and debate in recent reconstructions of the origin of ancient Israel. Some of the issues involved include the translation of the name Israel and the location and nature of the entity Israel. Attempts to resolve some of these concerns have included linguistic analyses of the designation Israel; structural analyses of the final hymnic-poetic unit; and some attempts to identify archaeological… 
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