Very interesting post. One thing I'm wondering. You write "First things first, prior to the conquest of the Promised Land and taking over Jebus, the city-state within Judah was supposedly not known as Jerusalem." What do you mean? In conquest narrative in Joshua 10 there's "king of Jerusalem". And also other references before capture of Jebus/Jerusalem by David.
Hello. While we do not have the historical / archaeological proof that it was ever referred to as Jebus outside of the Old Testament, the books of Joshua all the way to 2 Samuel, use the name interchangeably with Jerusalem. 1 Chronicles reiterates the belief that it was called Jebus before David.
I believe the interchangeable usage was more the result of the scribe(s) not maintaining consistency while also reminding the audience that it was one and the same place.
Historically though, we only find the name Jerusalem being used as far back as the Bronze Age (i.e. the Amarna Letters).
Hi Petros,
Very interesting post. One thing I'm wondering. You write "First things first, prior to the conquest of the Promised Land and taking over Jebus, the city-state within Judah was supposedly not known as Jerusalem." What do you mean? In conquest narrative in Joshua 10 there's "king of Jerusalem". And also other references before capture of Jebus/Jerusalem by David.
Hello. While we do not have the historical / archaeological proof that it was ever referred to as Jebus outside of the Old Testament, the books of Joshua all the way to 2 Samuel, use the name interchangeably with Jerusalem. 1 Chronicles reiterates the belief that it was called Jebus before David.
I believe the interchangeable usage was more the result of the scribe(s) not maintaining consistency while also reminding the audience that it was one and the same place.
Historically though, we only find the name Jerusalem being used as far back as the Bronze Age (i.e. the Amarna Letters).