Friday, April 27, 2012

Arabs Admit Name Absconding: Form of Colonialist Ethnic-Cleansing of Jews

Arabs admit engaging in name absconding.

In a story here:

Taybeh's roots are deep, and for Christians, important: the biblical name of the village is Ephraim. According to the Bible, Jesus Christ came to Taybeh from Jerusalem before his crucifixion. John 11:54 states: "Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim *, and there continued with his disciples."

The name of the village was changed from Ephraim to Taybeh around 1187, by the Islamic leader Saladin.

Is name alteration not a form of colonial ethnic-cleansing?

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Was this this Ephraim:


 hill-country of Ephraim

in Judges 19? and also in I Samuel 1?

But most scholars identify Taybeh with Ofra, the home village of Gideon, Judges 6, and, too, the home village of Avimelech in Judges 9, a border delineation location, mentioned also in I Samuel 13.


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