There is no historical/archeological evidence of an Abraham nor an origin in Sumeria. All we have is evidence of Jewish existence for thousands of years with theories of origin.
Biblical, the Canaanites were wiped out and the land given to to Jews by God, bypassing any other claim. In the Biblical case, we are not the original inhabitants of the land. We were gifted it as part of the covenant. On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Abraham was born in Ur in Sumerian The Israelis descended from him. > So how could they be the original peoples of Canaan?. God granted > Canaan to Abraham, but nowhere in any text I have ever read - biblical > or secular - does it claim that the Hebrews the Aboriginal people of > Canaan. > > Even if you take it biblically, Canaan was the home of the house of > Ham, son of Noah. Abraham is descended from the house of Shem. So at > best he would have been cousin to the Canaanites, many generations > removed. Secular history puts ancient Canaan in the hands of many > peoples, but none of them Hebrew. > > It was only ever their homeland because of the claim that God granted > it to Abraham as the promised land and then they took it by force. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371747 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
