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

On 19 May, 22:55, Matt Giwer <jul...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dragonblaze wrote:
On 17 May, 23:06, Matt Giwer <jul...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[snip]
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?

        Age is immaterial to what the man wrote. Palestinians is only of interest to
modern politics. The absence of any Judeans in history until the 2nd c. BC is
what is important to ancient history. Discovering why they suddenly appeared
is still worth addressing.

Oh DEAR. The lapsed age between Herodotus and Late Bronze is quite
critical, as anybody who knows the first thing about history and
archaeology would know. Herodotus was writing from hearsay evidence,
and in that time stories are distorted, things forgotten and myths
created.

And quit using double standards, Matt. You dismiss all of the Bible
because it has some legendary/mythical matter, but accept Herodotus
even though some of his writing is clearly legendary/mythical. Not
very good....

        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.

 I am still waiting for your reconciliation of the OT with the fact there is
no evidence of any indigenous civilization which could have produced it.

And I'm still waiting you to read that Mazar book I recommended to you
- I don't have the time or energy to post the whole book here.

I am also still waiting for your definition of ethnos before you use it in a
sentence.

Already done - now go look it up.

Dragonblaze
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