Dear All, Scholars of Herodotus conclude that Herodotus speaks about the coastal area. There is no evidence that he knew anything about the inland areas. Liz ...
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Jgibson
jgibson000
Mar 1, 2013 2:24 pm
... Which scholars of Herodotus are these? Names please and references. Jeffrey -- ... Jeffrey B. Gibson D.Phil. Oxon. 1500 W. Pratt Blvd Chicago, IL ...
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Liz Fried
lizzfried
Mar 1, 2013 3:32 pm
I will be away from my desk over the next few days, but I will get that vital information for you when I return on Wednesday. Liz Fried Ann Arbor Sent from my...
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Jean-Fabrice Nardelli
jnardellis36
Mar 1, 2013 4:02 pm
Herodotus III. 5, 2-3, and VII. 89, 10-11. Liz is quite right to point out that the Greek expression /SURIA HÊ PALASTINÊ /refers there to the coast of...
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frankclancy
Mar 1, 2013 8:46 pm
Dear Yigal - you are correct. Iwrote me message just before I went to bed and my memory was playing tricks. You are correct about Yanoam. Na'aman said...
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Richard Seager
richardoseager
Mar 1, 2013 10:06 pm
Frank, Pella a regional capital of Macedonia? I'd like to have seen you tell the Macedonians that in 336 BCE. By the way I think the name Damascus is also a...
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Robert M Whiting
whiting35
Mar 2, 2013 2:05 am
On Fri, 1 Mar 2013, Richard Seager wrote: <snip> ... Since the city is referred to as Dimashqu in the Amarna letters and the Assyrians regularly referred to it...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Mar 2, 2013 7:28 am
Checked in Pitard, Ancient Damascus, who also have the Egyptian evidence, which says nothing different from what we know from other sources. Palmyra: well,...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Mar 2, 2013 7:56 am
From an article I wrote fifteen years ago: Herodotus’ use of the term Palestine and Palestinians is particularly revealing, as he seems always to use the...
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Frank Polak
ooster83park
Mar 2, 2013 12:31 pm
Dear Niels Peter, Let me try a little construction. Herodotus (I 104-105) describes the Scythian advance from Anatolia ('Asiè' in his terms) to Egypt. In #105...
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Frank Polak
ooster83park
Mar 2, 2013 12:54 pm
Dear Niels Peter, My apologies for the partial text that passed the Cyber Pass. Hopefully this time the entire message. Let me try a little construction....
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Frank Polak
ooster83park
Mar 2, 2013 1:13 pm
Dear Niels Peter, Apologies again. It seems i am not allowed a safe pass through Cyber Pass. The end of my message: III 91 Herodotus describes the fifth...
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Frank Polak
ooster83park
Mar 2, 2013 1:31 pm
Dear Niels Peter, My apologies for the partial text that passed the Cyber Pass. Hopefully this time at last the entire message. Let me try a little...
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Jean-Fabrice Nardelli
jnardellis36
Mar 2, 2013 2:42 pm
'Deconstruction', Niels, does not mean 'freely postulating an animus in the work of distinguished experts'. Would you refuse to learn from Salomon Reinach...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Mar 2, 2013 2:43 pm
Agree, but what I "deconstructed" was a probably dependence on biblical information. Niels Peter Lemche Copenhagen ... Fra: ANE-2@yahoogroups.com...
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Frank Polak
ooster83park
Mar 2, 2013 3:11 pm
It was not. It was purely dependence on the Herodotean text, which has to be quoted in context. Frank Polak Tel Aviv University ... [Non-text portions of this...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Mar 2, 2013 4:03 pm
Sorry, I believe that the texts in Herodotus are a bit more dubious than just that. Niels Peter Lemche Copenhagen ... Fra: ANE-2@yahoogroups.com...
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Thomas Verenna
tom_verenna
Mar 2, 2013 4:05 pm
Since Aren has thoughtfully noted Hasel's critical discussion, I feel it is also important to note that just because someone engages a position it, doesn't...
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Yechiel Lehavy
lehavyy
Mar 2, 2013 4:07 pm
It is to justify the toponym Palestine in an earlier time in the Holy Land. The Roman called it Palestine based on the Philistine people. Yechiel M. Lehavy ...
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Michael Banyai
michael_banyai
Mar 2, 2013 4:08 pm
Dear All, there is nothing of mysterious about Herodot´s description of the 5th nome and/or of Syria/Palestine. As according to Rollinger´s study from 2006,...
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Richard Seager
richardoseager
Mar 2, 2013 4:08 pm
Frank, The Bible and Herodotus are very similar. Easy mistake to make. Richard Seager Melbourne, Australia....
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Mar 2, 2013 4:13 pm
It seems that we are getting out of focus. The assertion was that the Romans the name of Palestine to indicate their province in the southern Levant. They did...
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Yigal Levin
yigallevin
Mar 3, 2013 7:32 am
How did I become a subject line? J Anyway, Frank, the fact that the site of Pella is called Tabqat Fahil in Arabic should be a good indication that Pehel was...
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Jack Kilmon
jkilmon_2000
Mar 3, 2013 7:32 am
... From: Lisbeth S. Fried Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:30 AM To: ANE-2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [ANE-2] "his seed is not" Dear All, The Mernepthah stele...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Mar 3, 2013 8:14 am
Dear Michael, My computer is behaving in a strange way today, so I believe that I lost your next mail. I am not obliged to ask why Jerusalem is not mentioned...
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Michael Banyai
michael_banyai
Mar 3, 2013 8:23 am
Sorry, but you make some unwarranted assumptions with a grave result. Of course did the Assyrians name the strip along the Mediterranean, Palestine (Palastu),...
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frankclancy
Mar 3, 2013 8:23 am
Dear Yigal - The subject line is usually about important topics and people! Everyone knows your name! The Arabic name certainly indicates the ancient name was...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Mar 3, 2013 8:43 am
Finally it came through. I believe that I approved it three times. You are wrong about one serious thing: You seems to know what the Assyrians and the Greeks...
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Michael Banyai
michael_banyai
Mar 3, 2013 11:22 am
Dear Niels, sorry to disagree. There are 3 independent issues here to discussion which have to be independently treated. 1. Palestine in later Roman...
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Niels Peter Lemche
nplemche
Mar 3, 2013 12:29 pm
Dear Michael, I don't think that you understand the argument. We are talking about ancient knowledge (or lack of). Starting with Palestine, the argument was:...
