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To: ckilmer

For what it’s worth:

The term “Semitic” refers to a family of languages that includes Akkadian, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic, among others. Abram and his family are associated with the Hebrew language, which is part of the Semitic language family.

Biblical Lineage:

According to the Bible, Abram is a descendant of Shem, one of Noah’s sons. The term “Semitic” itself is derived from Shem. This lineage places Abram within the broader category of Semitic peoples.

Cultural and Ethnic Identity:

The Bible situates Abram and his family within the broader cultural and ethnic context of the Semitic peoples. They are depicted as part of the migratory Semitic groups that moved through Mesopotamia and the Near East.


37 posted on 08/04/2024 2:22:51 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (“Thinking is difficult, that’s why people prefer to judge”, wrote Carl Gustav Jung.)
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To: RoosterRedux

All true. Except that archaelogists do not think that the sumerians were a semetic people. They agree rather than the Akkadians were a semetic people. They inhabited the northern cities of sumer. But Abraham and his father were from the southern city of Ur which was a non semetic city state.


44 posted on 08/05/2024 1:12:10 PM PDT by ckilmer
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