[b-hebrew] Amarna letters
kenneth greifer
greifer at hotmail.com
Fri Feb 22 12:10:14 EST 2008
Jim Stinehart,
Do you believe that in ancient history there was only one person named Abimelech or was that a common name? Was it rare for people to fight over wells? Was the case in the Amarna letters the only time in history that anyone fought over water? Was only one person ever killed in Shechem? Was only one person ever involved in a dispute over an idol that someone else took?
All of these things sound like common things that would have happened in those days and not unusual at all.
I am curious if Ralph Ellis would agree with you about the Amarna letters and the patriarchal narratives being about the same events. I think he agrees with most of what you say about Abraham being a pharoah, etc.
Why don't you contact him at his internet site and ask him? If he thinks you are wrong, then I don't think anybody will agree with you since he already agrees with many of your ideas and he seems pretty open-minded about alternative ways of looking at history.
Kenneth Greifer
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