Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dora Smith" <villandra AT austin.rr.com>]

Uh-uh.   Far fewer tribes named Banu-yamin than people named Samuel.
Atleast an even chance it was a subgroup of the same tribal confederation.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra AT austin.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
To: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>; "b-hebrew"
<b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Benjamin


> Yigal Levin wrote:
>
>
> > I agree. Of course 18th century NW Semitic tribal (and other)
terminology
> is
> > useful for understanding biblical Hebrew. That BH is ultimately related
to
> > "Amorite" (that is, the NW Semitic dialects of "Amurru", including Mari)
> is
> > obvious. But Dora was making much more concrete connections, basically
> > claiming that the Bene Yamin of Mari WERE the ancestors of the Israelite
> > Benjaminites.
> >
> That's about as (im)probable as saying that OB Sumu'el is related to the
> prophet Samuel.