Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>]

But you cannot do that in light of present evidence. You have to postulate
such a connection, and if the people who rather looks in the direction of an
Arabic background of the Chaldeans are right, it will be hard to argue in
favour of this cinnection--in spite of Manfred Dietrich.

NPL


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan D. Safren [SMTP:yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il]
> Sent: Wednesday, 05 January, 2000 13:01
> To:   Biblical Hebrew
> Cc:   Biblical Hebrew
> Subject:      Re: SV: Re[2]: Ur Kasdim II
> 
> The "anachronism" argument about Ur Kasdim falls if we accapt that the
> appearance of the Chaldeans is tied to the appearance of the Arameans in
> the 12th century and connect this with other evidence that the
> Patriarchal traditions originate in the 12th-11th centuries.
> Sincerely
> 
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> Jonathan D. Safren
> Dept. of Biblical Studies
> Beit Berl College
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> Israel
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