Thanks for the suggestion. I followed it and read the whole article, plus relevant links. What I found indicates that you may not have gone back far enough.
< The culture introduced at this stage was essentially the same as the culture found by the Israelites who moved into Palestine later, in the 14th and 13th centuries BC....
The Hyksos may have included elements of a grouping of people, largely Semitic, called the Habiru, or Hapiru (Egyptian 'Apiru). (The term Habiru, meaning "Outsiders," was applied to nomads, fugitives, bandits, and workers of inferior status; the word is etymologically related to "Hebrew"....
The exactions of foreign bureaucrats, however, combined with internal decay, had so enfeebled the Canaanite vassal princes of Palestine that it was comparatively easy for the incoming Israelites to occupy most of the hill country east of the Jordan River and in western Palestine in the course of the closing decades of the 13th century BC.... >
and, of course, more that most want to read because it doesn't support their position.
I support neither side. It is really none of my business.
As I have stated previously, they're all savages or they wouldn't be engaging in savage behavior.
My position is that as observers (as opposed to participants) we should try to understand all sides of the conflict. Whether we agree or disagree with either is irrelevant. |
