Originally posted by Afghanan
Originally posted by Maju
Originally posted by Afghanan
If Arabs are not
Semitic, and Jews are, what exactly is the relationship between
them? |
Both are Semitic,
at least from the linguistic point of view. Hebrews seem to have
migarted into Palestine (then called Canaan) c. 1300 BCE associated
with the Aramaic migration into other lands of the Fertile Crescent.
They all come from the same origin (normally thought somewhere in
Arabia), again from a linguistic viewpoint (they can have mixed once
and again during their migrations). Canaanites themselves also spoke a
Semitic tongue (a descendant of which is Phoenician) but they seem to
have reached the area much earlier probably simultaneously with
Akkadian migrations of c. 3900 BCE.
Hope this helps.
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So the saying that goes that Arabs and Jews are "Cousins" is correct? Or just linguistically correct? |
Yes. Apart of Aramaic and Assyrian, that are spoken by very few people
nowadays, Arab and Hebrew are the two only Semitic languages still
alive. Genetically Palestian Arabs and Sephardic Jews are quite
simmilar too.