Re: RE: ancient writing

2002-02-13 Thread Greg Schofield
--- Message Received --- From: Michael Pollak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 14:05:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: [PEN-L:22792] RE: ancient writing Could not help but reply to the below. Micahael's rend

RE: RE: ancient writing

2002-02-13 Thread Devine, James
Michael Pollak writes:>Actually the point is that there isn't one bit of evidence that the Pharoahs ever were nasty to them. < You are probably right.[*] (I don't know, since I know nothing of this subject, while I don't have any emotion at all invested in this topic.) But my experience in a secu

RE: ancient writing

2002-02-13 Thread Michael Pollak
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Devine, James wrote: > >Is there really much evidence that the Pharoahs were particularly nasty > to this particular tribe of Canaanites (see below)?< > > I don't think the issue is whether or not the Pharoahs were nastier to the > Hebrews than to anyone else. The point is t

RE: ancient writing

2002-02-11 Thread Devine, James
[was: [PEN-L:22722] Re: RE: Question on the term "loan"] I wrote:>> it seems to me that a bureaucratic system like that of Pharaonic Egypt would need writing for non-commercial purposes, i.e., administration. It's true that the dominated classes could simply be pushed around, but didn't the Phar