Elephantine was a suburb, but you may prefer the term town or city. Each town, city or suburb had its culture and was part of the bigger culture that is ancient Egypt.
Hope that helps. Matt -----Original Message----- From: Jim Morrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 16 November 2004 3:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: [rhetoric-list] Fundamental Rights What constitutes a 'suburb of Egypt?" --- Matt - HOPE Caravan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This might be a little off topic but I think it should be > factored in that > the Jews were Egyptians and not Egyptian slaves as once > taught. > > They lived in a suburb of Egypt and each suburb had its > local customs. > > They then decided to leave Egypt and joining them were > others from different > suburbs but the Jews did not mind. > > Where they ended up was not unoccupied land, it was never > theirs, so any > long, long historical claim to ownership is a lot of rot. > > My 2 cents worth. > > Matt > > > ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO============================================= (4)Portals (2)News Wikis (2)Conferences - No BuSHIT! Start here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) ========================================================= FIGHT THE RIGHT! ================== Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XgSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO============================================= (4)Portals (2)News Wikis (2)Conferences - No BuSHIT! Start here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) ========================================================= FIGHT THE RIGHT! ================== Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhetoric-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
