Endnote 3 – The Mistress of Stratigraphy Had Clay Feet

Steiner makes the same kind of argument with the mention of Jerusalem in “Egyptian Execration” texts from the 19th or 18th century B.C.E., when, again, Steiner finds no evidence for a settlement at Jerusalem. “The mentioning of this name alone cannot be used as ‘proof’ that Jerusalem was an important town then, as the name need not specify a town—it could as easily indicate a region or a tribe.”