[24]Egypt, essentially rainless, received its water from the Nile. Foreign lands, however, received water from rains, hence the reference to a “Nile in the sky.” [25]Cf. Psalm 104:6, 10, “Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains: ... Thou makest springs gush forth in the valleys, they flow between the hills.” [26]Names of Akhenaton [27]The Egyptian Pharaohs were both gods, and intermediaries between the gods and the people of Egypt. [28]Text 19, lines 59-67. The classification follows J. A. Knudtzon, _Die El-Amarna Tafeln_ (Leipzig: 1907-15) [29]Text 23, lines 13-29 [30]Text 15 [31]Text 16. The quotation is from lines 32 and 33 [32]Text 9 [33]Text 74, lines 30-65 [34]Text 158. The terms “father” and “son” are used to show respect. Aziru was the son of Abdi-Ashirta. [35]Text 126, lines 34-61 [36]Text 137, lines 75-76; 97-99 [37]Text 169, lines 12-15; 24-34 [38]Text 254, lines 10-19 [39]Text 244 [40]Text 245 [41]Text 246 [42]Text 288, lines 33-40. Nahrim is the land of Mitanni; Kapasi may be Cush. [43]Text 287, lines 53-57 [44]Text 280, lines 21-35 [45]F. Thureau-Dangin, “Nouvelles lettres d’el-Amarna,” _Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archeologie orientale_, XIX, pp. 91-108. Text 290a in S. A. B. Mercer, _The Tell el-Amarna Tablets_ (Toronto: 1939) [46]F. Thureau-Dangin, _op. cit._, pp. 91-108: Mercer text 248a [47]This view was popularized by Sir Charles Marston in, _The Bible Comes Alive_ (New York: n.d.), pp. 89-108. Marston felt that he could identify Joshua in the Amarna texts. [48]“The Ha-BI-ru—Kin or Foe of Israel?” _The Westminster Theological Journal_ XIX-X), pp. 1-24; 170-184; 46-70 [49]So, for example, John Bright, _A History of Israel_ (Philadelphia: 1959), p. 113; G. Ernest Wright, _Biblical Archaeology_, 2nd edition (Philadelphia: 1962), p. 60; Cyrus H. Gordon, _The World of the Old Testament_ (Garden City: 1958), p. 144. [50]Text 8, lines 25-34 [51]Text 34, lines 16-21; 35, lines 10-20 [52]Text 22, column 1, line 38; column 2 lines 1, 3, 16 [53]N. deG. Davies, _The Tomb of Rekh-mi-Re’ at Thebes_ (New York: 1943). [54]_The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt_ (Baltimore: 1958), p. 175 [55]_Op. cit._, p. 18 [56]_Life and Times of Akhenaton_ (London: 1922), p. 63 [57]_The Burden of Egypt_ (Chicago: 1954), p. 193 [58]J. D. S. Pendlebury, _Tell el-Amarna_ (London: 1935), p. 19 [59]J. Bennett, “The Restoration Inscription of Tut’Ankhamun,” _Journal of Egyptian Archaeology_, XXV (1939), pp. 8-15 [60]Albrecht Goetze, “Hittite Historical Texts,” in _Ancient Near Eastern Texts_, James Pritchard, ed. (Princeton: 1955), p. 319 [61]_Ibid._ [62]Albrecht Goetze, “Hittite Prayers,” in _Ancient Near Eastern Texts_, James Pritchard, ed. (Princeton: 1955), p. 395 [63]_Archaeology of the Old Testament: Was the Old Testament Written in Hebrew?_ (London: 1913), p. 4