The Biblical Pithom and Tell el-Maskhuta
Abstract
Recent theories that locate the Biblical Pithom (Exod 1,11) at the Late Bronze Age site of Tell er-Retabah fail to take account of the archaeological evidence and the Greco-Roman literary sources that demonstrate that a well known city called Pithom was located at Tell el-Maskhuta in the Iron Age. That the occurrence of the toponym Pithom in Exod 1,11 is an anachronistic addition to the Exodus tradition is still the best view.
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- Authors
- Collins, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Otago (NZ)
- Corresponding author
- Collins, Andrew
- ORCID
- Collins, Andrew
- Venue
- Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-05
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 135-149
- ISSN
- 0901-8328 (ISSN-L)
- 1502-7244
- OpenAlex
- W2001663820
- Semantic Scholar
- 9b016cf1555408ee02af69ff85fe200ca19b0ab2
- Cited by
- 0
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Near East History
- Keywords
- anachronism, Exodus tradition, Late Bronze Age, Greco-Roman sources, biblical archaeology
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