tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post112724096965691798..comments2024-03-20T10:47:46.434-07:00Comments on Annotated Skeptic's Annotated Bible: The LORD will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation (Gen 14)Bruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1127711864619854502005-09-25T22:17:00.000-07:002005-09-25T22:17:00.000-07:00According to the American Heritage Dictionary of t...According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the modern English name "Egypt" has the following order of linguistic descent:<BR/><BR/>Middle English: Egipte<BR/>Old English: Egypte<BR/>Latin: Aegyptus<BR/>Greek: Aiguptos<BR/>Egyptian dialect: Hikuptah, a variant of Hat-kaptah, one of the names for the ancient city Memphis<BR/><BR/>Just imagine what we would call it if themarauder34https://www.blogger.com/profile/00651154474169358422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1127325614954513992005-09-21T11:00:00.000-07:002005-09-21T11:00:00.000-07:00Whether for that reason, or the one I stated, I th...Whether for that reason, or the one I stated, I think it is probably the case that they didn't call themselves the Amalekites. Place-names are pretty confusing in general.<BR/><BR/>I always wonder where the name "Egypt" comes from, as that's not the name that the Bible calls the country, nor is it the name they call themselves. Must be Greek, right?Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-1127322745510456492005-09-21T10:12:00.000-07:002005-09-21T10:12:00.000-07:00re: The pre-Amalek Amalekites. There's also no rea...re: The pre-Amalek Amalekites. <BR/><BR/>There's also no reason to believe that these people called themselves the Amalekites. If they had practices, beliefs or (as you suggest) a locale similar to the Amalekites of the author's day, it's hardly inconceivable that the author would assign them the same name. Europeans had even less reason to do that to the Sioux, Iroquois, Lenape, Apache, Dakotah,marauder34https://www.blogger.com/profile/00651154474169358422noreply@blogger.com