What was life like for the pharaohs of ancient Egypt? How did hey rule and relate to neighboring kingdoms? We get a glimpse of these relationships in the Amarna letters, part of a corpus of documents found at the modern site of el-Amarna in Egypt.

These letters date to the 14th century B.C. and provide important insight into this period, particularly the social and political world of Canaan. We get a glimpse at the cut throat world of the Canaanite city-state system and look at the challenges facing the people and rulers who lived there.

But what, if anything, does this have to do with the Bible? Admittedly, not a ton, but there are a few relevant things from these letters that are worth understanding as we read certain parts of the Bible.

If you are interested in learning more about this topic we suggest you start here:

William Moran, The Amarna Letters. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

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