Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk"<peter_kirk AT sil.org>]

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Peter Kirk


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Subject: Summary of relevant data so far
Author:  <barre AT access1.com> at Internet
Date:    09/02/2000 03:54


Hypothesis: Jacob was a contemporary of Lab'aya and Hamor.

Common topic: Shechem in the 14th and 13th centuries.

PK: Only a few of your list have been demonstrated to be linked to 
this period, there is good reason to date many of them much earlier.


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- Hamor the Hurrian ruled Shechem.

PK: Where do you get "Hurrian" from? He is named a "Hivite" in Genesis 
34:2. Are you taking that as meaning "Hurrian"? Is this the missing 
link in your evidence which you have not presented?

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- Joshua reportedly too possession of Shechem without conflict.

PK: No! You must write: "Joshua took possession of Shechem but there 
is no report of any conflict." Non-existence of a report of something 
is not the same as a report of its non-existence.