In 1887, Schrader was the first to propose that Amraphel could be an alternate spelling for Hammurabi.
Some scholars have suggested the biblical king Amraphel may have been Ibal Pi-El II of Esnunna.
"' Jon Amraphel "': A human and a member of the Gewehr Wraiths, a guild of mercenaries.
A theory current in the early part of the past century holds that Hammurabi was Amraphel, the King of Shinar in the Book of Genesis 14 : 1.
Rav and Samuel equated the Amraphel of with the Nimrod whom describes as " a mighty warrior on the earth, " but the two differed over which was his real name.
Rab and Samuel equated the Amraphel of with the Nimrod whom describes as " a mighty warrior on the earth, " but the two differed over which was his real name.
Aperahama s clan was not involved in this affair but it seems that having suppressed their vassals Amraphel and his allies carried off Lot and his people, together with the deported populations.
Astour ( 1966 ) identified the remaining two kings of the Chedorlaomer texts with Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria ( see Arioch ) and with the Chaldean Merodach-baladan ( see Amraphel ).
"' Sara Amraphel "': The younger sister of Jon, she was brought up by the Ensigerum, an order of time monks, after he left her in an orphanage.
If Hammurabi were deified in his lifetime or soon after ( adding "-il " to his name to signify his divinity ), this would produce something close to the Bible's Amraphel.