11-06-2015, 03:48 PM
(11-06-2015, 03:18 PM)Benton Wrote: I'm a long way removed from a history class, but they weren't the same. Canaanite references (not necessary Biblical, but actual tablets from the time period) existed by 2500 BC. They were, according to their claims, direct descendants of Noah. Amorites, likewise, have outside references made about them around 2500 BC, with their establishments already established by then... so they would have had to existed at least a century or two before then. The Kish/Sumerians were around before 3100 BC. Cuniform references to the Habiru don't make them synonymous with the Semitic tribes or those using the Semitic languages.
Yeah, we agree that the Habiru were not the Hebrews.
I can't find anything about any tablets or other non-biblical sources where the Canaanites identified themselves as descendants of Noah.
As for various other Semitic peoples (Canaanites, Amorites, etc), these are not synonymous with Hebrews/Jews. The Hebrews are all Semitic, but not all Semites were Hebrews.
