[Avodah] irrational anti-Semites? Redux

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Tue, Jan 1, 2008 at 11:15 AM, <T613K at aol.com> wrote:

>  From: Daniel Eidensohn <yadmoshe at 012.net.il>
> >>.....both the Jews and the Hyksos
> were alien forces whose increasing numbers and influence were a threat
> from within the Egyptian society. At the same time there were Hyksos and
> their allies who lived outside of Egypt. Therefore there was a second
> danger if they would overcome the control the Egyptians had over them
> and escape to join the outside enemy. Thus there is nothing irrational
> about the fear. There was an internal threat in numbers and an external
> threat which their escape would exacerbate. There is also no need for
> psycho-historical analysis.<<
>
>  >>>>>
> very good answer, makes sense
>
> although it seems to me that what you have written /is/ "psycho-historical
> analysis"!
>
> **
> *--Toby Katz
> =============*
>

Is this Hyksos model TIDE - iow that R. Hirsch would have accepted - or TuM
or ...?
-- 
Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
RabbiRichWolpoe at Gmail.com
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