Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter_Kirk AT SIL.ORG]

In your scenario, surely the question that remains is not "why the 
divided monarchy?" but "why the united monarchy?" In other words, if 
the Israelites had such a diverse origin, what made them (even 
temporarily) into a single united people, with a single language and 
at least to some extent a single faith?

Peter Kirk   

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Subject: Re: The Origins of the Divided Monarchy
Author:  barre AT c-zone.net at internet
Date:    31/01/1999 10:48


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Is it not more likely it goes back to separate migrations of the Arameans 
from 
Syria on the one hand and the Hebrews from the regions adjacent to southern 
Palestine on the other during the so-called Patriarchal era?
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