Chip Flintknapper wrote:
> Al Klein wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 May 2007 09:00:16 GMT, Chip Flintknapper <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Al Klein wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:53:26 GMT, "Wonderer" <piriesa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> the elohim, which in the jewish language means "gods plural"
> >>> In the Hebrew language. Elohim isn't a Jewish word.
> >> The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]
> >>
> >> Elohim \E*lo"him\ ([-e]*l[=o]"h[i^]m), n. [Heb.]
> >> One of the principal names by which God is designated in the
> >> Hebrew Scriptures.
> >> [1913 Webster]
> >>
> >> Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
> >>
> >> Elohim \E*lo"him\, n. [Heb.]
> >> One of the principal names by which God is designated in the
> >> Hebrew Scriptures.
> >>
> >> That's right, it isn't a Jewish word. It's a Hebrew word. BTW, are
there
> >> still any Hebrews around or are they all extinct like the Egyptians?
> >
> > There are still Egyptians around. (Who do you think lives in Egypt?)
> > As far as "Hebrews", that depends on the definition.
>
> Actually, I think that Arabs live in Egypt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt
The question of identity continues to be debated today with many
Egyptians perhaps falling somewhere in the middle, considering
themselves Egyptian first but finding Egyptian and Arab identities
linked and not necessarily incompatible. Others identify themselves
mainly on the basis of their religion. The sentiment, however, that
Egypt and Egyptians are simply not Arab, emphasizing indigenous
Egyptian heritage, culture and independent polity (and even publicly
voicing objection to the present official name), is frequently
expressed-both by Egyptians themselves[23], including Secretary
General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass[24],
Egyptian-born Harvard University Professor Leila Ahmed, Member of
Parliament Suzie Greiss[25] and different local groups and
intellectuals[26][27][28][29][30]; as well as in various other
contexts[31][32], including Neil DeRosa's novel Joseph's Seed in his
illustration of an Egyptian character "who declares that Egyptians are
not Arabs and never will be."[33] Egyptian critics of Arab nationalism
contend that it has worked to erode and/or relegate native Egyptian
identity by superimposing only one aspect of Egypt's culture.
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