Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature Culture and History of the Ancient Near East Founding Editor M.H.E. Weippert Editor-in-Chief Thomas Schneider Editors Eckart Frahm W. Randall Garr B. Halpern Theo P.J. van den Hout Irene J. Winter VOLUME 52 Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature Proceedings of a Conference at the University of Haifa, 3–7 May 2009 Edited by S. Bar, D. Kahn and JJ Shirley LEIDEN • BOSTON 2011 Graphics and design: Sapir Haad. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Egypt, Canaan and Israel : history, imperialism, ideology and literature : proceedings of a conference at the University of Haifa, 3–7 May 2009 / edited by S. Bar, D. Kahn and JJ Shirley. p. cm. — (Culture and history of the ancient Near East, ISSN 1566-2055 ; v. 52) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-19493-9 (hardback :alk. paper) 1. Palestine—Civilization—Congresses. 2. Palestine—Politics and government—Congresses. 3. Palestine—Antiquities—Congresses. 4. Egypt—Civilization—Congresses. 5. Egypt—Politics and government—To 332 B.C.— Congresses. 6. Egypt—Antiquities—Congresses. 7. Canaanites—History—Congresses. 8. Canaanites—Politics and government—Congresses. 9. Jews—History—To 1200 B.C.— Congresses. 10. Jews—History—1200–953 B.C.—Congresses. 11. Jews—History—953–586 B.C.— Congresses. 12. Egypt—History—Middle Kingdom, ca. 2180–ca. 1551 B.C.—Congresses. 13. Egypt—History—New Kingdom, ca. 1550–ca. 1070 B.C. 14. Egypt—Relations—Palestine— Congresses. 15. Palestine—Relations—Egypt—Congresses. I. Bar, Shay. II. Kahn, Dan’el. III. Shirley, Judith J. DS112.E28 2009 933—dc22 2011015791 ISSN 1566-2055 ISBN 978 90 04 19493 9 Copyright 2011 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. CONTENTS Abbreviations .................................................................................... VII Introduction ..........................................................................................1 Conference Program ..............................................................................5 Conference Images ................................................................................6 ARTICLES Shirly Ben-Dor Evian – Shishak’s Karnak Relief – More Than Just Name-Rings ...................................................................................11 Daphna Ben-Tor – Egyptian-Canaanite Relations in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages as Reflected by Scarabs ........................................23 Susanne Binder – Joseph’s Rewarding and Investiture (Genesis 41:41-43) and the Gold of Honour in New Kingdom Egypt ..........................44 Michael G. Hasel – The Battle of Kadesh: Identifying New Kingdom Polities, Places, and Peoples in Canaan and Syria ............................65 James K. Hoffmeier – David’s Triumph Over Goliath: 1 Samuel 17:54 and Ancient Near Eastern Analogues ..............................................87 Susan Tower Hollis – Two Hymns as Praise Poems, Royal Ideology, and History in Ancient Israel and Ancient Egypt: A Comparative Reflection .....................................................................................115 Dan’el Kahn – One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward: The Relations Between Amenhotep III, King of Egypt and Tushratta, King of Mitanni ...........................................................................136 Amihai Mazar – The Egyptian Garrison Town at Beth-Shean ............155 Kerry Muhlestein – Levantine Thinking in Egypt..............................190 Marcus Müller – A View to a Kill: Egypt’s Grand Strategy in her Northern Empire ..........................................................................236 VI $ON5&/5S Boyo Ockinga – Hatshepsut’s Appointment as Crown Prince and the Egyptian Background to Isaiah 9:5 .........................................252 Bernd U. Schipper – Egyptian Imperialism after the New Kingdom: The 26th Dynasty and the Southern Levant ..................................268 JJ Shirley – What’s in a Title? Military and Civil Officials in the Egyptian 18th Dynasty Military Sphere .........................................291 Carola Vogel – This Far and Not a Step Further! The Ideological Concept of Ancient Egyptian Boundary Stelae .............................320 Adam Zertal – The Arunah Pass ........................................................342 INDEX Index .................................................................................................357 Abbreviations Abbreviations Used in the Text CG Catalogue General du Caire JE Journal d’Entrée TT Theban Tomb EA El Amarna Journal and Series Abbreviations ÄA Ägyptologische BACE Bulletin of the Australian Abhandlungen Centre for Egyptology ÄAT Ägypten und Altes BAR Biblical Archaeology Testament, Wiesbaden Review AEO Gardiner, A. H. Ancient BASOR Bulletin of the American Egyptian Onomastica, 2 vols., Oxford, 1947 Schools of Oriental Research AfO Archiv für Orientforschung BdE Bibliothèque d’Études, AION Annali dell’Istituto IFAO Orientale di Napoli BES Bulletin of the AJA American Journal of Egyptological Seminar Archaeology BMSAES British Museum Studies ÄL Ägypten und Levante in Ancient Egypt and ANET Pritchard J. (ed.), Sudan Ancient Near Eastern BSFE Bulletin de la Société Texts Relating to the Old française d’Égyptologie Testament, 3rd ed. with supplement. Princeton, CAA Corpus antiquitatum 1969 Aegyptiacarum AnSt Anatolian Studies CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament CdÉ Chronique d’Égypte ARCE American Research Center CHANE Culture and History of Reports in Egypt Reports the Ancient Near East ASE Archaeological Survey of DE Discussions in Egyptology Egypt GM Göttinger Miszellen AV Archäologische HÄB Hildesheimer Veröffentlichungen ägyptologische Beiträge BA Biblical Archaeologist HAR Hebrew Annual Review VIII ABBREVIATIONS IEJ Israel Exploration Journal MÄS Münchner IFAO Institut Française ägyptologische Studien d’Arcéologie Orientale MDAIK Mitteilungen des IOS Israel Oriental Studies Deutschen Archäologischen JAOS Journal of the American Instituts, Abt. Kairo Oriental Society MDOG Mitteilungen JARCE Journal of the American der Deutschen Research Center Orientgesellschaft JBL Journal of Biblical MIO Mitteilungen des Instituts Literature für Orientforschung JCS Journal of Cuneiform MRTO Schulman A. Military Rank, Title, and Studies Organization in the JEA Journal of Egyptian Egyptian New Kingdom, Archaeology Münchner Ägyptologische Studien 6, Berlin, 1964 JEgH Journal of Egyptian History N.A.B.U. Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires JESHO Journal of the Economic and Social History of the OBO Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Freiburg Orient OIP Oriental Institute JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies Publications JNES Journal of Near Eastern OLA Orientalia Lovaniensa Studies Analecta JSOT Journal for the Study of OLP Orientalia Lovaniensia the Old Testament Periodica JSS Journal of Semitic Studies Or Orientalia JSSEA Journal of the Society of PdO Probleme der the Study of Egyptian Ägyptologie Antiquities PEQ Palestine Exploration KRI K. A. Kitchen, Ramesside Quarterly Inscriptions: Historical PJ Palästina-Jahrbuch and Biographical, 7 vols. Oxford, 1968 – 1988 PMMA Publications of the Metropolitan Museum KS Kleine Schriften zur of Art Egyptian Geschichte des Volkes Expedition Israel, München RdÉ Revue d’Égyptologie LÄ Lexikon der Ägyptologie, Wiesbaden, 1975-1987 ABBREVIATIONS IX RecTrav Recueil de traveaux ThLZ Theologische relatifs à la philologie et à Literaturzeitung l’archéologie TZ Theologische Zeitschrift SAGA Studien zur Archäologie UF Ugarit Forschungen und Geschichte Altägyptens Urk. Sethe K. et al., Urkunden des ägyptiscen Altertums, SAK Studien Zur Leipzig, 1906 Altägyptischen Kultur VT Vetus Testamentum SAOC Studies in Ancient WB Erman, A. and Grapow, Oriental Civilization H. Wörterbuch der SBL Society of Biblical Ägyptischen Sprache Literature ZA Zeitschrift für Assyriologie SBLM Society of Biblical und Archäologie Literature Monographs ZÄS Zeitschrift für SMEA Studia Miceni ed Egeo- ägyptische Sprache und Anatolici Altertumskunde SSEA Society for the Study of ZAW Zeitschrift für die News letter Egyptian Antiquities Alttestamentliche Newsletter Wissenschaft TA Tel Aviv ZDPV Zeitschrift des Deutschen TAVO Tübingen Atlas der Palästina-Vereins Vorderer Orient Introduction It was during one of the coffee Egypt and Canaan have occurred. breaks at the 9th International Con- Encounters of various sorts, mili- gress of Egyptologists in Grenoble tary as well as diplomatic, admin- in 2004 that Dr. Yossi Mizrachi istrative and economic occurred raised the idea of hosting a confer- in this region, presently the north ence about the interconnections of Israel, formerly the heart of between Egypt and Canaan at Canaan. These encounters, some the University