Yigal: All I did was google “amalekite” and “egypt” and Google returned dozens of pages. Not all were equally useful, in fact the majority I’d not recommend, but some gave the info I sent to David.
I’d have to redo it to get URLs of exact pages. Karl W. Randolph. On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Yigal Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > Karl, I would love to see where you're getting this from. As far as I > know, the answer to David's question is no: there is now known evidence, > outside of the Bible itself, that a people/tribe called Amalek ever > existed. The fact that later writers, already with the biblical text, > identified Arabian tribes that they were familiar with with the biblical > Amalek is not proof of anything. By the way, the same is true for the > Midianites, the Gorgashites, the Jebusites and several other groups. **** > > ** ** > > Yigal Levin**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *K Randolph > *Sent:* Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:37 PM > *To:* David Kolinsky > *Cc:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [b-hebrew] Amalek's attacks before the big battle of Ex > 17:8?**** > > ** ** > > David:**** > > ** ** > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 8:56 AM, David Kolinsky <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Is there any extra- biblical evidence that a people named AMaLeQ ever > existed?**** > > ** ** > > David Kolinsky**** > > Monterey, CA**** > > ** ** > > I just Googled your question and apparently there are several. Another > name for them was “Amu” and apparently from Arabic traditions, in ancient > times moved from central Arabia and took over Egypt. One of their gods was > called Heth and the ruins of a temple to Heth was found in Avaris.**** > > ** ** > > Karl W. Randolph.**** > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > >
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