Angelo Was the term 'seren' used by the Philistines themselves, or merely by the writers of the book of Samuel? Is there any non-Biblical evidence which shows ...
Maybe Moses was old (120), and happy to die in his ethnic land, and perhaps have his mummy placed near Joseph in Sekkim/Nablus, despite both having been famous...
I forgot to write that Amenemhet I was also Moses half-brother, they shared the same father, a highpriest. Amenemhet I's son Sesostris I, was also Moses'...
I am pleased to announce that the book of Mark from the 1599 Geneva Bible has been Proofread and uploaded to the GenevaBible.org website, (both the Footnotes...
... As usual, I'm wholly with Richard on this: It seems to me that categorical assertions are a poor substitute for broad-based study, which usually raises...
Aris You wrote, "... everybody is happy after their leader wins militarily. No one wants to return the booty, and/or lands conquored.". Oh? Truman did try to...
Ah, good to hear from you Scott. I thought there would be references. Thanks for looking it up. James M. Rogers goshenzoan@... ... not) ... study, ... ...
Scott, Thank you for investing some time in this effort. And I can see that this discussion by McNutt is somewhat "on point".... though not entirely. The...
R-tj-nw E-r-tz It's possible that there had been an unrepresented vowel before the 'r' in Rtjnw and that the 'nw' is a suffix. Thus the word could have been...
At last, I got my cdrom in my laptop to work, where my encyc britannica is lodged. I, too, made the lightbulb connection the other day between Allah and El....
Dear members, I don't know if this might help or not, but there is a page on Iron and the Philistines in Garbini's book "I Filistei". By the way he wrote an...
George, ... I have recently read the masterpiece of Kupper, "Nomades" that deals very extensively with the people of Hana and I also have at hand Moshé Anbar,...
Angelo, I note with interest your last sentence: "The presence of przn, probably to be vocalised "parzon", only in the Song of Deborah, so full of references...
Hey, Steve you should know better than ask a question like that--unless it's a joke. Proof doesn't work that way. It works the other way: you must show ...
George, ... I quote Garbini, that is not my sentence, actually. In fact i said: ... I didn't speculate, I simply reported what Garbini said. ... About Judges,...
Angelo, This raises a good point. The lineage of Cain includes metal workers.... but it also includes cattle raisers. There is room for a "play" on words.......
... Angelo. Judges 5:7 is: "The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel." Judges...
George, Where did you get the following identification of Hani as Hittites for Assyrians? I have never heard of that. I would be interested to know more about...
John, Unfortunately by now my only source is Garbini who supposedly tried to give a brand new sense to Judges 5:7.11 (I put a comma according the Italian use,...
I posted this on July 16, 2003: This item caught my attention. It comes from an astronomy-related website. But the relevance comes from the reference of the...
This is from August 29, 2003 - - it footnotes the source of the Marduk reference and it discusses the Hellenistic reference to Hani too. Regards, George ...
George, Let me tell you what I think about the whole matter. Tubal-Cain to me is the trace of Lamech's kidnapping of Tabal women. He takes two wives as...
Angelo, You concisely describe your conclusion. You write: "To me the correct order is another one: the Kenites want to imitate the Haneans or the Suteans,...
George, ... To me the Kenites are Cilicians, Luwians. ... The siren of similar sounds and names is not such a good counselor and there are other peoples with a...
Angelo, Grantd, phonetics cannot always be the best guide for evaluating the orignis of a people. But do you have any evidence that the people of Que were...
Angelo, This brief discussion of "Tubal" indicates how these people could be a hybrid sort of people. They aren't quite Syrians... and they aren't quite...