Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yohanan bin-Dawidh <yohanan.bin.dawidh AT gmail.com>]

Shalom Lloyd;

I am not claiming what is right, or wrong, but why could not the data
instead suggest that the ancestors of Yisra'el, influenced the Kenites? Or
another plausible explanation is that early on, more than one people within
the Near East had Yohowah as their deity, or knew of Yohowah, because they
all had a common ancestor, or ancestors who worshipped Yohowah?

Yo*h*anan bin-Dawidh

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:01 PM, LM Barre <l_barre AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> Theoplus Meek developed his "Kenite" hypothesis according to which he
> identified the center of early Yahwism.  Also, the name of Yahweh occurs in
> Egyptian sources placing Yahweh in the region of Seir.  Generally, Yahweh is
> associated with the Negev and the east Negev (Har Karkom).  Especially
> concentrated forms of Yahwism is found in the Old Negev discoveries along
> with Har Karkom:
>
> http://net.lib.byu.edu/imaging/negev/Names.html
>
> The statement in Judges 4 that Yahweh came from Seir thus appears supported
> by these archaological data.  Yahwism stems from the Shasu out of northwest
> Arabia with Midian being named in Yahwistic tradition as Jethro was a
> Medianite priest.
>
> I wonder whether there was a conquest of the 12th century as the song of
> Deborah suggest that Yahweh (with his armies) came into the land for the
> first time.  Prior to that, it would seem that the Shasu peacefully settle
> down in the Central Highlands as their encampments show that they herded
> flocks in tents.  Thus, I am undecided as to whether there was a conquest at
> all prior to Deborah.  Still there are many details given in Joshua that do
> not allow me to let go completely of the idea of limited conquest prior to
> Deborah.
>
> Lloyd Barré
> http://freewebs.com/lmbarre
>
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