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Title: Fun book. Samuel Noah Kramer suggested a similar
Review: but less elaborate hypothesis in his History Begins at Sumer. Kramer thought Jews could be identified as "habiru"(he's not the only one who thinks habiru is awfully close to hebrew.) Kramer also suggested that the habiru are Sumerians, [or forerunners of the Sumerians], driven west by Akkadian [or Sumerian] conquest. Using like reasoning, Sassoon argues Jews would not then in origin be Semitic. [I may have details misremembered, it's been a few years.]Sassoon credits Sumerians[Jews?] with superior ability and purpose, which shall be for everyone's benefit. [This may well be true in my opinion.] [I'm not Jewish, I'm not tooting the horn of my ethnic group.]Beautiful pictures are in this book.
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