Subject: [b-hebrew] : .. benjaminites before there was a benjamin
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:55:55 EDT
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J Anna.... _c60605 AT aol.com_ (mailto:c60605 AT aol.com) ... in my
internet ramblings, i'm getting snippets of data re existence of a ''tribe
of
benjamin'' before benjamin { or jacob ) ever lived. Do ''we'' give
any credence to this concept ?
FROM what i can gather from these sites, the PURPORTED script goes
something like this ..... A group of pre-jacob amorites
{or at least folks gathered around city of mari } were known as bini jaminu
or
similar spellings. One of the above web-pages even uses the term ''race
of benjamin.'' As centuries wore on, jacob and his progeny came along,
and the tribe jews and christians know as ''benjaminites'' eventually
intermarried with the pre-jacob bini jaminu. Indeed, it seems to moi
that
the tanakh often uses 'benjaminite' to refer to an AMALGAM of mixed
ethnic groups -- including the descendents of THE benjamin.
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[b-hebrew] : .. benjaminites before there was a benjamin,
C60605, 06/24/2006