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OK. Therefore?Ishmeal (pbuh) came first, then Isaac (pbuh) came . so the Arab race came first then the Jew ,
That is interesting, Jay. Trust those pesky Jewish folks...It's interesting that a polemic against primogeniture runs as a subtext throughout the Tanakh.
Since Judaism isn't a race, and Ishmael didn't live in the Arabian peninsula, you would have to go back and redefine your terms for this to make any sense at all. This website gives some interesting history to the word "Arab" and connects it to a place, not a people.Salam/Shalom/hi to all
I have an opinion , Irahim/Abraham (pbuh) born Ishmeal (pbuh) from Hajar and Isaac (pbuh) from Sara
Ishmeal (pbuh) came first, then Isaac (pbuh) came . so the Arab race came first then the Jew ,
I really, really hate flimsy claims like …Since Judaism isn't a race, and Ishmael didn't live in the Arabian peninsula, you would have to go back and redefine your terms for this to make any sense at all. This website gives some interesting history to the word "Arab" and connects it to a place, not a people.
Yeah, the idea that eirev rav is at all connected is linguistically suspect and completely destroys the OP's position. It also makes "Arab" limited to those who tried to join the Hebrews exiting Egypt. Bizarre.I really, really hate flimsy claims like …
"It is however suggested that the "mixed multitude" (Hebrew, erev) mentioned in Exodus (xii, 38) as having accompanied the Israelites into the wanderness from Egypt may be for Arabs."
I really, really hate flimsy claims like …
"It is however suggested that the "mixed multitude" (Hebrew, erev) mentioned in Exodus (xii, 38) as having accompanied the Israelites into the wanderness from Egypt may be for Arabs."
Fixating on the term "race" in this thread strikes me as cheap polemic at best.Race is bunk. I thought both Arabs and Hebrews were ethnically Semitic.
As far as I can see the Jewish and Arabic people are identical "racially". Of course, Korean and Japanese people look alike to me while they seem to easily see the differences. <shrug>If my mother had given birth to a different race sibling I think my father would have been pretty perturbed...
Race is bunk. I thought both Arabs and Hebrews were ethnically Semitic.
As far as I can see the Jewish and Arabic people are identical "racially". Of course, Korean and Japanese people look alike to me while they seem to easily see the differences. <shrug>
But if this is all about implausible stories from millennia ago, sorry my Muslim friends. Yours are nearly as implausible as the resurrection. I do believe that most of the Jewish stories are based on actual events, if hugely embroidered into the current legends.
Tom
Egyptians like Hagar are a little more different. But the differences, physically ,between Semitic people and Nordic, or African or Chinese are rather more apparent to most people.As someone with Jewish heritage I just can't agree with that statement. I'm of Ashkenazi decent. There couldn't be much more difference in characteristics between Ashkenazi Jews and Arabs. Even from a biblical perspective the slave Hagar was from different stock than Sarah.
Salam/Shalom/hi to all
I have an opinion , Irahim/Abraham (pbuh) born Ishmeal (pbuh) from Hajar and Isaac (pbuh) from Sara
Ishmeal (pbuh) came first, then Isaac (pbuh) came . so the Arab race came first then the Jew ,
EDITED TO ADDThat assumes Abraham and his ancestors were not Jews. I'm pretty sure a Jewish person would think they were Jews. And Ishmael was only half Jewish, his mother would have been what we call today Palestinian or pagan arab??