Talk:Semite

I vote for deleting this page. Semitic is essentially a language grouping, to which a handy dandy biblical appelation was attached. We already have a (poor) article on Shem (Ham and Japeth) by HJ. This does not really tell us much. Danny

STOP!!! This is getting to sound like The Idiot's Guide to the Bible. There is some serious scholarship going on in this field, but claims are being made here without any real basis (while some of them are just plain wrong). Once again, I vote vigorously for deletion. Now to deal with Noah. Danny

Perhaps the bits and pieces should be merged to a new article Sons of Noah, mentioning all of the medieval twaddle, as well as the valid linguistic usage, and a pointer to anti-Semitism? The medieval nonsense is a valid subject for an encyclopedia, even though it is wrong -- in fact this is what needs pointing out!I vote for doing that instead. The Anome

It is NOT medieval. It is biblical. It has been interpretted this way since ancient times. I have studied those primary sources and can quote them if necessary. Calling it medieval is a mistake.
Semitic today is interpretted as a language grouping.
The ancient and medieval (and there are even a few modern) interpretations are being misrepresented. Danny