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  • From: David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Apiru/Habiru revisited...
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:49:11 +1100

Have a look at the following:

Rainey, Anson F. 1987. Review of Oswald Loretz, Habiru-Hebräer. Eine sozio-linguistiche Studie über die Herkunft des Gentiliziums ‘ibrî vom Appellativum habiru. Journal of the American Oriental Society 107: 539-541.

Rainey, Anson F. 1995. “Unruly Elements in Late Bronze Canaanite Society.” Pages 481-496 in Pomegranates and Golden Bells: Studies in Biblical, Jewish, and Near Eastern Ritual, Law, and Literature in Honor of Jacob Milgrom. Edited by David P. Wright, David N. Freedman, and Avi Hurvitz. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.

Rainey, Anson F. 2002. “The ‘Amârnah Texts a Century after Flinders Petrie.” Ancient Near Eastern Studies 39: 44-75.

Regards,
David Kummerow.



Good day to all!

I have been reading posting to this group only for some weeks now.

Quite likely, the issue had been touched on before...

In a nutshell,
Is there any final consensus on the connection/lack-of-connection between the
Habiru/Apiru and the ancient Hebrews, and,
Is there any final consensus on the origins of the word in Semetic languages (to my understanding
related to the root Ayin-Phei-Reish-- as in "dust", the dusty or dusty feet ones... Or
is it related to Ayin-Beth-Reish, as the bible claims, namely standing for
"trans"--those who have arrived from trans river or even desert etc.)
and, Is there any final consensus on the the label's incorporation into Egyptian usage?


Gad Za"k






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