Editing Tel Arad (section)

==Proposed identification==
It was first identified in modern literature in 1841 by [[Edward Robinson (scholar)|Edward Robinson]] in his ''[[Biblical Researches in Palestine]]'', on account of the similarity of the Arabic place name, Tell 'Arad, with the ''Harad'' in the [[Book of Joshua]].<ref name=Robinson>{{cite book|author1=Edward Robinson|author2=Eli Smith|title=Biblical Researches in Palestine|year=1841|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|pages=473–|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JLZNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA473}} See also Tell Arad in Robinson's [https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft/page/114/mode/1up name list]</ref><ref name=Velde>{{cite book |author=[[Charles William Meredith van de Velde]] |title= Narrative of a Journey Through Syria and Palestine in 1851 and 1852 |year= 1854 |publisher=[[Blackwood (publishing house)|W. Blackwood and Sons]] |pages= 84– |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HMklz1nAl0sC&pg=PA84}}</ref>

Elitsur observes that although the site remained uninhabited for 1,100 years, the name has endured, preserved by nomads.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Elitzur |first=Yoel |title=Ancient Place Names in the Holy Land: Preservation and History |publisher=The Hebrew University Magness Press ; Eisenbrauns |year=2004 |location=Jerusalem ; Winona Lake, Virginia |pages=49}}</ref>