I. Name
The personal name סיסרא (Judg. 4; Judg. 5; 1 Sam. 12.9; Ps. 83.10) has generally been interpreted as a non-Hebrew name (IPN 64). The name has been related to the Luwian personal name zi-za-ru-wa (HALAT 710; Soggin 1981:63). Garbini related Sisera to the name of a Minoan deity (j)a-sa-sa-ra (1978:17–21).
II. Identity
The name (j)a-sa-sa-ra appears in some Minoan linear A inscriptions. It can be interpreted as a divine name. According to Ktistopulos (apud Carratelli 1976:125) this deity can be ident…