Who is Amalek? A Biblical Mystery (Z14) by Seth Fleishman / World History by a Jew™

Topic: "Who are the Amalekites? A Biblical Mystery" - Z14 by Seth Fleishman

Synopsis: This lecture is the seventh part of our "Bronze Age Collapse" series. We are going to tackle one of the greatest Biblical mysteries: Who is Amalek? The Amalekites were a vicious foe of the early Israelites. Of the people in Canaan, they are second only to the Philistines in the number of references in the Bible. While the Philistines have rightfully garnered the most attention, it’s time to set our sights on the Amalekites. What can archaeology tell us? Is it possible that they were one of the Sea Peoples? We'll take all the information we've learned from the Bronze Age Collapse series and apply it to the people of Amalek. The origin of this diabolical enemy of the Israelites has been debated for centuries. What can we find out?

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[eavaharris]

Just want to say once again, you have blown this near east history buff away...

[tytyyea]

You are a genius Seth. Thank you for your hard work. I loved every bit of the video.

[NormBoyle]

Really enjoyed this episode. Some cover areas I've read and watched videos about, but this one covered material I haven't heard before.

[brianeibisch]

What a great story and interpretation of the the archaeology available to us. Seth, this is a great job. Give yourself a pat on the back!! Cheers

[enckidoofalling]

Wow my grandpa was shot through the lung fighting for Austria i guess Wilhelm on the Italian front in ww1. My Jewish grandmother met him while nursing him back to health I assume in Vienna. They fled the Nazis in 1939 to America. Weird. Thanks for the insight.

[rafigassel]

Great work Seth, I think identifying Amlk as Lycia helps also connect with the story of Purim as Hamman is identified as an Aggagi, maybe not litterally, but maybe he was a Lycian as they were Persian allies in their war with Greece. Maybe in the period of events this connection was more clearly understood bit later gets mixed into him being an Agaggi in our mythologic version that we are left with.

[silvana]

Yeah! We really appreciate your work. All the research you did is obvious. And you can put it out here very clearly . Thank you

[giffica]

I’ve watched this 5 times. Every time you say Am Lq I verbally gasp even though I know it’s coming.

[annpenso]

I really appreciate this, I was wondering why you did not mention that according to the Torah, Amalek is a descendant of Esau?

[smoothchilling]

thanks, will watch more of ur vids! gives me a more graphic feel of the bible.

[StepIntoGodsLight]

Thanks for sharing this information. Very insightful

[OldGuy]

An outstanding, insightful vid. Thank you!

[giffica]

Seth. Your Amalek to luqqa is groundbreaking

[dorasmith]

This is a very interesting idea, except, the Amalekites are consistently described as neighbors of the Midianites in the southeast. You would have to show that people of Lukka settled there. It seems very unlikely the people of Lukka, who still lived in Lukka centuries older and had not been driven from theri homes, would take up residence in the desert, and that there would be no other Lukkans distributed along the way in between.

The Amalekites became the Germans just so there could be Nazis to destroy the Jews is seriously out there. Until now I was taking you seriously.

[jeffreysmith]

Brilliant work. Any plans to write it up and publish it in something peer-reviewed?

[onbedoeldekut]

Hi again, Seth.
Whilst re-watching this, I suddenly thought of my musical knowledge, and thought could any etymologies be discerned further from the music produced by ethnic regions.

Could the scales or modes used by specific ethnic groups be traced back in some way to their ancestors, or at least hint to something that begs for more focus?

Our modern modes/scales generally take their names from Greek regions, but the majority of them were to be located in Anatolia.
The modes are: Ionian, Dor-ian ;), Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Æolian and Locrian.
Of all these names, the only one without a given people is mixolydian, with the word meaning 'half Lydian'.
Whether that would be to the north or south, both the Lukka and Tjekker could be considered 'half Lydian', being either side of the known Lydian lands!
Do you know of any cultural variation in ancient music of Israel through passed-down tradition?
Whilst (modern) musical score is a relatively recent invention, songs and melodies have presumably remained unchanged for millennia, sung by generation after generation in scales/modes specific to their ancestral heritage.

This might be a harder one to prove, but you may know of people who know more about music of the region than me :)

[guessguess]

Who are you?
Smile
This video was fantastic.
First time watcher totally amused.
Excellent job.
Be blessed

[Dick_Interritus]

I am a bit speechless, this was absolutly fantastic. I learned a bunch, I have watched all I could about the Lewian culture, which sadly doesn't amount to much. I was a bit confused about the two scripts. I believe the first one you presented was Linear A, which is a hireoglyphic script which has not been translated. Whereas, the second script presented is also a hireoglyphic script which has been translated. I believe the second script has also been called "Hittite Hireoglyphic"? I want to make sure I got this information straight. I watched the video twice, but there is quite a bit of information for me to keep straight.

[sgitell]

Excellent, creative lecture. So much more work needs to be done on the Sea Peoples. Yasher koach!

[performancedna]

this information improves our world…light and victory!