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  • From: barre AT access1.com
  • To: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
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  • Subject: Dating Jacob
  • Date: 06 Feb 2000 14:20:59 -0800


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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