| Marco, it seems to me that Kris is trying to explain why Israelites did not manufacture honey. There were many activities that the Israelites shunned because they were practiced by non-Israelites. For a long time, they did not build great cities, like those of the Filista. David took Urusalim from the Jebusites, who had constructed a sophisticated settlement, complete with water conduits. It seems that when the Israelites became too chummy with the pagan natives, taking wives who were allowed to worship their own gods, living in luxury, etc., God caused the destruction of Israel. Also, Kris might have sent you the message that there were other peoples living in Canaan/Israel, whatever the territories were called at one time or another. That fact seems to dicombobulate many who want to promulgate the myth of Jewish exclusivity to the territory. |
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