On the recently‐discovered “house of David” inscription

Abstract

The allegedly ninth‐century “Aramaic House of David inscription” recently published by Avraham Biran and Joseph Naveh is neither a purely Aramaic document, nor can it be dated with certainty to the ninth century. It is, however, probably an authentic find. The term “House of David” is most likely to have been either a toponym, or else it incorporates the name of the eponymous ancestor of the lineage that ruled in Judah, here used to symbolise the whole region over which rule was exercised. However, there is no indication that the region in question was co‐extensive with the Biblical Judah, and a much more modest region may have been intended.

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