Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>]

Lloyd Barre wrote:

> Dear List Members:
>
> What are the politicians going to do with someone's conclusions that Yahweh 
> was an Arabic god that migrated to southern Palestine where he became a 
> Hebrew, that Moses and the Levites were Egyptians, and that Jacob was a 
> Syrian devotee of El and Hadad?  Maybe it will help them all get along a 
> little better.  I hope so.

Do we really need comments like this on this forum? Lloyd, I don't think this 
has anything to do with the study of Hebrew, and I'm sure everyone else on 
the list will agree that contemporary political statements have no place at 
B-Hebrew, no matter how much they can be connected to the study of Hebrew.

--
GEORGE ATHAS
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
- Email: gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au
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