Biblical Hebrew Forum

[barre AT access1.com]

Dear List,

If the argument is viable that Shechem was named after the conquest of his 
father, and if that 
conquest was directed toward the disloyal Lab'aya, and if Jacob was a 
contemporary of both 
Lab'aya and Hamor the Hurrian (Hivite), and if Lab'aya can be dated to 
1370-1350 as a 
reliable source has informed me, and if it is true that the El Amarna letters 
contain several 
Hurrian names, and if these names mostly designate "petty kings" such as 
Hamor, then may 
we not with requisite caution date Jacob's fighting days to 1370-1350?  And 
if we can place 
both Hamor and Jacob among the nefarious habiru, then might we not suspect 
that the 
Amarna climate also attracted Abram the Hebrew?  Can anyone cite examples of 
someone 
being named after a city?

Thank you.

LMB




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L.M. Barre
http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/AncientIsrael
Point Loma, California