-Caveat Lector-
You're assuming that both "Israel" and "Phoenicia" were nations as we know
that concept today. They weren't. They were a collection of cities (i.e.
trading stations) loosely held together by cultural ties and fealty to a
"high king." As we've discussed in other threads, there is considerable
evidence of close cultural contact between Syria-Canaan-Israel and Mycenaean
Greeks, both in Greece and in Anatolia. The "Philistines" (who gave their
name, via a convoluted route, to "Filistina" [Palestine]) seem to have been
a particularly heterogeneous group, some of whom were usually fighting with
various Israelites at any given time...while at the same time other
Philistines were *allied* with various Israelites. The same was true of
Phoenicia, as well as Ammon, Midian, and the other "nations" of the Fertile
Crescent. It wasn't the non-existent "king of Phoenicia" who was allied with
Solomon of Israel, for example, but rather Hiram of Tyre...and it is not at
all beyond the realm of possibility that there were Israelites on ships
sailing out of Tyre and other Phoenician cities.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: YnrChyldzWyld [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 8:25 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] Phoenicians in ancient New Zealand ? (fwd)
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Nurev Ind Research wrote:
> >
<snip>
> >cities on the Eastern Mediterranean evolved into Philistia. The
> Philistines
> >were the enemies of the Jews then and down to this day. Both tribes were
> >warring over the same territory. Down to this very day.
>
> Not according to the archeological evidence presented in the article --
> before they became Philistines, apparantly Israel and Phoenicia were
> quite cordial with each other...Phoenicia in the beginning apparantly
> acted as an outpost of its neighbor to the south...
>
>
>
> June ;-)
>
>
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