Canaanite and Aramaic Inscriptions
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KAI 26.iii
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1 Samuel 15:11
KAI 181
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2 Kings 3:26
KAI 26.iii
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Exodus 17:14
KAI 26.iii
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Psalm 82:1
KAI 26.iii
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Deuteronomy 29:20
KAI 26.iii
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Daniel 2:37
KAI 26.iii
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Ezekiel 26:7
KAI 26.iii
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Ezra 7:12
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Summary
Date: 1200 B.C.E.
KAI (Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften, Canaanite and Aramaic Inscriptions), is a multi-volume collection of ancient texts compiled by scholars H. Donner and W. Röllig. These texts are inscriptions—writings found on durable materials like stone, pottery, or metal—primarily from the Iron Age (roughly 1200-500 BCE) and later periods, written in Northwest Semitic languages such as Phoenician, Hebrew, Moabite, and Aramaic, languages closely related to Biblical Hebrew. Researchers cite specific inscriptions using their assigned KAI number for easy identification. While the original KAI volumes provide the texts in transliteration alongside German translations and commentary, scholars use this corpus extensively to study the languages, history, religions, and cultures of the ancient Levant.
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