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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Aegean Ethnic determinatives on Philistine guardsofJudean king...
  • Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:58:07 -0500


----- Original Message -----
From: Polycarp66 AT aol.com

> In a message dated 1/26/2004 11:10:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> kwrandolph AT email.com writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Polycarp66 AT aol.com
>
> > In a message dated 1/25/2004 2:27:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > kwrandolph AT email.com writes:
> > I noticed that these terms were used exclusively to refer to soldiers.
> > What
> > made me suspect that it may refer to classes of professional soldiers was
> the
> > realization that the PLTY is always written with a definite article
> > prefix
> in
> > Tanakh, which would have had a pronunciation of “hapeleti”. This sounds
> > awfully similar to a class of soldiers among the Greeks, who had imported
> > a
> lot of
> > their culture along with their alphabet from Semitic sources.
> >
> > The terms, as well as the weaponry, may have been Philistine, but in the
> list
> > of David’s top soldiers, almost all of them were native Israelis (2
> > Samuel
> > 23).
> > _________
> >
> > Are you implying that the Greek "hoplite" derives from this?
> >
> > gfsomsel
>
> Any reason why not?
> ___________
>
> I'm not saying there is or isn't a reason to consider this to be the case.
> I
> was simply asking if this was a fair conclusion based on your statements.
>
> gfsomsel

There is too little information that I know of to say either way, but the
parallels are certainly intregueing. All I say is that it is a possibility.

Karl W. Randolph.

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