Jonathan D. Safren wrote :
"I haven't been following this thread very closely, so I would like to ask
if
the following points have been discussed or elucidated:
1) Habiru would be 'ober in Hebrew because of the Canaanite shift, and not
'ibri.
...
The question still remains, the Bible suggests that Shechem since 1406 BCE
has been in Israelite hands under Joshua and his successors, the Judges. How
does one "account" for the _disharmony_ of the political situation in the
Tell el-Amarna letters concerning Shechem vis-a-vis the Bible ? If Hebrews
during the days of the Judges are in control of Shechem, ca. 1406-1050 BCE,
who is Labayu, an _Egyptian-appointed mayor_ of Shechem, and accused
'Apiru/Habiru, writing in Akkadian (Babylonian) cuneiform, betraying a
"Canaanite dialect" and NOT a "Hebrew dialect" ? Again I ask, where are "the
Hebrews" (Ibri) of Shechem under the Judges, ca. 1406-1050 BCE ?
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