From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>
To: Peter Kirk <peter_kirk AT sil.org>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: SV: Gilgamesh
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:14:35 +0200
Peter Kirk wrote:
> Good evidence that the early part of Genesis is based on Sumerian
> traditions brought to Canaan from southern Mesopotamia by the
> Patriarchs. Don't forget that the exile was not the only point of
> contact between Jewish and Mesopotamian cultures.
[JSafren] Prove that the Patriarchs came to Canaan from Southern Mesopotamia
and not
from Northern. The Biblical and extra-Biblical evidence is all for Northern -
amd that
includes the name of Abraham's city, which is not Ur but Ur Kasdim. And see
my long
discussions with NPL on this list and on ANE,