Biblical Hebrew Forum

[kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com>]

Jim Stinehart,
 
Do you believe that in ancient history there was only one person named 
Abimelech or was that a common name? Was it rare for people to fight over 
wells? Was the case in the Amarna letters the only time in history that 
anyone fought over water?  Was only one person ever killed in Shechem? Was 
only one person ever involved in a dispute over an idol that someone else 
took? 
 
All of these things sound like common things that would have happened in 
those days and not unusual at all.
 
I am curious if Ralph Ellis would agree with you about the Amarna letters and 
the patriarchal narratives being about the same events. I think he agrees 
with most of what you say about Abraham being a pharoah, etc. 
 
Why don't you contact him at his internet site and ask him? If he thinks you 
are wrong, then I don't think anybody will agree with you since he already 
agrees with many of your ideas and he seems pretty open-minded about 
alternative ways of looking at history.
 
Kenneth Greifer
 
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