Re: Origin of Sabbath, Canaanite seasonal festivals, and nomads’ spring sacrifice

On 17 May, 23:06, Matt Giwer <jul...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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There were no Canaanites. That is a bible name which corresponds to no known
people in the most dug place in the world.
Matt has a VERY short memory, methinks.... This is what I posted
earlier:
"Kinahhu? I guess you've NEVER head of that word. That is what it is in
Akkadian, and it is Ka-na-na in Egyptian.The Ebla texts have the
ethnic name ga-na-na. Really, if you want to debate this issue, TRY
and do a little reading."

        You forget the two most elementary observations.

        At best you have a guess which requires a great reach. We have Herodotus
using an unambiguous spelling Palestina and no mention of any bible people
which would distinguish them from people invented by the creators of the
Septuagint.

Herodotus is MUCH younger than the Egyptian and Ebla texts - in which
those names are found. Are you unable to understand what can happen in
a thousand years to names?

        You have nothing which can be distinguished from a mere borrowed name for the
creators of the Septuagint.- Hide quoted text -

Ka-na-na and ga-na-na is clearly the name for an ethnos in early
historical Levant - as evidenced by those texts, which speak of a
people.

Dragonblaze
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