If we ignore religious notions and dogma, linguistically does his interpretation have standing?
-Joseph Roberts Hello Joseph, > > I disagree with B. Tsadaka on the issue of Mosheh merely having one wife, > but with this being stated, let us discuss the term "Kushiyt". A lot of > people think this term means that Mosheh's wife was "black", but this is an > outdated thought, which really never had any backing from the Torah. The > term "Kushiyt" would refer to anyone who was a descendant of Kush, to which > even Nim'rod the ruler of Ba*b*el was. > > Historically the list of Kush's descendants refers to peoples living in > what we refer to as Turkey and India today, not peoples in Africa. > > I think the issue of her being "Kushiyt" had nothing to do with her being > "black", but with her being of a different culture than them. Mosheh was > being chastised for marrying a non-Yisraeli woman, and that chastisement > was not welcomed by the Deity. I think this is used to serve as a lesson to > our people, but that is not a linguistic discussion, but a religious > discussion and not one for this forum. > > Blessings, > > Yo*h*anan bin-Dawidh >
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