Indeed, the connection makes some sense as there are clearly North Arabian /
South Sinaite input into the early Israelite culture, religion and possibly
very ethnicity. The Midianites dwelt in this region.
For, to my recollection, some of the earliest known references to Yahweh were
found in this region-- Northern ARabia-- (albeit in the rather more confined
root form of YHW if memory serves).
As there was a cultural and religious, perhaps even ethnic (in terms of origin)
dichotomy between the northern and southern Israelite, e.g., re. stronger "El"
influence in the North and stronger Yahweh in the south, one might
hypothesize, based even on the biblical tales of Midianite input (Jethro...
Ziporah...) that perhaps some of the Exodus lore is derived from the
interaction between the Shasu --possibly early Midianites? and the Egypt and
their tradition.
The fierce later animosity between the Israelites and Midianites almost proves
it by the common way, in some nations and individuals, of identity
self-affirmation through denial of roots in another nation or culture.
Admittedly an hypothesis which does make sense, to me at least, in terms of
scattered evidence, but definitely not a clear cut proof.
Gaddi ZackCanada
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:20:11 -0700
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [b-hebrew] The meaning of "Hebrew"
>
> Shalom le colam,
>
> I once read that the Shasu reference in Egypt
>
> fits the Yitro's tribe (after his conversion)
>
> more than the hebrews/everites themselves.
> What do you think?
>
> David Sevilla
> Spain.
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