Where was ancient Elephantine?
Elephantine, Arabic Jazīrat Aswān, island in the Nile opposite Aswān city in Aswān muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Upper Egypt. What is Elephantine in the Bible? The Elephantine documents include letters and legal contracts from family and other archives: divorce documents, the manumission of slaves, and other business, and are a valuable source of knowledge about law, society,…