04-25-2004, 04:25 PM
Shlama,
"The Nabateans were originally a nomadic group that came from a coalition of Arab tribes that were under the leadership of the Shepherd King of Khedar. According to Genesis 25:13-16, Nebaioth and Kedar are from the tribes of Ismael. The Khedarites were a powerful tribe that roamed the desert around Wadi Sirhan area of northern Arabia. It is thought that the khedarites gained supremacy over a group of northern tribes in the Arabian Peninsula between the eighth and fifth centuries BC. While the king of Khedar ruled over the northern tribes, another coalition existed to the south, probably centring on the oasis of al-'Ula during the Persian period ''539-332 BC''.
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Hmmm.... (if all of this is true)
1) The Nabateans descended from nomadic Arab tribes
2) These tribes descended from the sons of Ishmael, Nabaioth and Kedar
3) The Nabateans spoke Aramaic
Therefore, Ishmael spoke Aramaic. OK, so you were right, Paul. Now the sixty million dollar question is this: If the Nabateans originally conversed in Aramaic (which was lost to Greek), how did Arabic come along centuries later?
"The Nabateans were originally a nomadic group that came from a coalition of Arab tribes that were under the leadership of the Shepherd King of Khedar. According to Genesis 25:13-16, Nebaioth and Kedar are from the tribes of Ismael. The Khedarites were a powerful tribe that roamed the desert around Wadi Sirhan area of northern Arabia. It is thought that the khedarites gained supremacy over a group of northern tribes in the Arabian Peninsula between the eighth and fifth centuries BC. While the king of Khedar ruled over the northern tribes, another coalition existed to the south, probably centring on the oasis of al-'Ula during the Persian period ''539-332 BC''.
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Hmmm.... (if all of this is true)
1) The Nabateans descended from nomadic Arab tribes
2) These tribes descended from the sons of Ishmael, Nabaioth and Kedar
3) The Nabateans spoke Aramaic
Therefore, Ishmael spoke Aramaic. OK, so you were right, Paul. Now the sixty million dollar question is this: If the Nabateans originally conversed in Aramaic (which was lost to Greek), how did Arabic come along centuries later?
???Do not give up, for that is ignorance and not according to the rules of this art... Like the lover, you cannot hope to achieve success without infinite perseverance.???