I just wish the Jews and the Arabs would solve their problems in a Christian like manner...
Read later.
So much for Deuteronomy 20:16 and 17.
I’ve heard guys argue that Melchizedek—the guy Abraham tithed who was the King of Salem—was not an anomaly among caananites in the region. rather his worship of the one true God was the rule. That in the +-700 of years between Abraham’s tithing and Joshua’s return to the area—the Caananites declined into apostacy and awful temple practices—perhaps caused by doubt and drought.
I’d like to hear other narratives of what happened to the caananites during the period between Abraham and Joshua.
Bkmk
I remember there being a genetic study that showed the middle eastern Jews and the Palestinians were genetically pretty much the same. The publication made the unprecedented move of recalling the magazine and removing the article. Like that’s going to work.
Ah, here it is....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/25/medicalscience.genetics
So does this mean ‘Ashkenaz Jews descended from Khazars’ can’t be true?
Lie.
As Iron Age I began, the Canaanite city-states faded. The Israelites self-identified as a separate group.
Second lie.
The Israelites had already established the Kingdom of Israel by 1350 BC.
They were in the land as a separate culture 400 years prior.
So no.
It’s so cool only a Canaanite could do it.
It makes sense that there would be some inclusion of Canaanite DNA, because of how many times Israel was unfaithful and became involved in surrounding nations to join them.