JIM STINEHART: To the best of my knowledge, no word or name similar to "Midianite" is attested in the ancient world for a people or region in Arabia (or east Africa).
-------------------------------------------- ISHINAN: Try MadA'in SAliH of ThAmuwd in the northern Arabian peninsula nearby the modern Saudi town of Tubuwk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mada%27in_Saleh Also mentioned on a carved stele commemorating Sargon's II victory over Thamud ( 705-721) B.C. [National Museum of Saudi Arabia, Riyad] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargon_II ??? ????? ???? ?? ???? ?????? ??????? ??????? ????? ?????? ???? ??? ?????? ?? ????? ???? ?? ???? ??????? ??????? ????????? ????? ??? ???? ?????? ?????? ?? ?????? ?????? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ?? ??????? ?????? ?????? ????? ??? ?????? ??????? ???? ???? ????? ?????? ????? ????. ???? ?????? ??? ???? ??? ??????? ?? ?????? ??????? ??? ???? ???? ????? ??? ???? ????? ?????? ??? ????? ?? ?????? ?????? ? ???? ??? ??? ???? ???? ?? ??? ????? ??????? ????? ?????? (721- 705 ?. ?) ??? ??? ?? ??? ????? ?????? ????? ??????? ??? ????? ?????? ?? ???? ??????? ??????? Best regards Ishinan Ishibashi _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
