BA> Replying to a message of Bob Klahn to Roy Witt:

 BK>>  And much of the Old Testament involves Israel conquering Arabs.
 BK>>  Oh, and Egyptians do not consider themselves Arabs.

 BA> Egyptians are *not* Arabs.  Egypt was conquered by arabs a
 BA> millenium or more ago.  There's probably been considerable
 BA> intermixing of the races by now.  Arabs are native to only
 BA> one specific geographic area.

 That's what I am getting at, but, can you tell the difference?
 What someone is is a highly subjective decision.

 BA> On that subject, Turks are not Arabs, Iranians are not
 BA> Arabs, Pakistanis are not Arabs, Lebanese are not Arabs and
 BA> Afghanis are not Arabs.  Libyans, Moroccans and Algerians
 BA> aren't Arabs either, although a lot of Arabs live in those
 BA> nations.

 I knew that. However, I don't know how much those areas were
 involved in the Bible. Or Jewish History. I knew Egypt is, as is
 Iraq. And Ethopia.



BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... Jesus was born in a manger because Joseph belonged to am HMO.
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