Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Jim:

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:38 AM, <JimStinehart AT aol.com> wrote:

>
>       You wrote:  “And thus, the area into which the invaders moved
> next, which is certainly in the Negev, is NOW called "the fieid of the
> Amalekites".”
>
> Surely you jest.  The word “Amalek” or “Amalekites” is unknown in the
> secular history of the ancient world.
>

1) What you call “secular” is largely taken from temple walls—how more
religious can you get? Even the dating is largely taken from the tales of a
priest. So where is the secular?

2) What you refer to as “ancient history” is more accurately called
“Egyptian history”, leading to:

3) You assume that all languages call different peoples by the same names.
That is a logical fallacy. For example, according to your logic, were I to
research French language papers looking for a country called “Germany” and
not find it, therefore, by your logic, Germany doesn’t exist. Likewise the
ancient Egyptians may have known the Amalekites, but under a different name.
Whom Israel called “Amalek” could be the same people the Egyptians called
“Hyksos”.

>
> Jim Stinehart
> Evanston, Illinois


Karl W. Randolph.