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To: dervish
Carry_Okie: if that is not your point, please clarify.

All I was saying is that it is not correct to say that Abraham was "Jewish," because the term "Jew" was created many generations later by the Romans. It is not an effort do delegitimize Israel's modern claim but an effort to be historically accurate. As far as I know, the first name given to the children of Israel as a nation was "Hebrew," although there are archaeologists who claim that it probably should be pronounced "Ha-boo-roo" (probably from the root hay-vet-resh), at least there are records from ancient Egypt indicating a tribe by that name once lived in the Nile delta region (Goshen).

What is disturbing is that you would question me as such when you could simply go to my FR page and learn of a book I've authored that explains how the Sabbath year was to work and how it is important that Israel observe it in its original intent so that it can survive as a nation. Why would anyone who wrote such a book attempt to say that Israel has no claim on Hevron?

73 posted on 02/25/2010 3:46:57 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
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To: Carry_Okie

“At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.”

2nd Kings, 16:6

http://tx.j-lorber.com/AT/B12C016.htm

Also apropos of the times, the holiday starts Saturday night, Esther 2:5

“Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai “

6th Century BCE


I am glad we agree on Hebron. I did look at your profile and I did not understand your point on the Talmud. I am glad I asked you to clarify.


78 posted on 02/25/2010 5:38:22 PM PST by dervish (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
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