How were the early Israelites different from others in the Fertile Crescent?
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Tʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀʟʏ Isʀᴀᴇʟɪᴛᴇs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ Fᴇʀᴛɪʟᴇ Cʀᴇsᴄᴇɴᴛ, ᴇsᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ Cᴀɴᴀᴀɴɪᴛᴇ ᴄᴏᴜsɪɴs. Aᴛ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ sɪᴍᴘʟʏ sᴘᴏᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴅɪᴀʟᴇᴄᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ Cᴀɴᴀᴀɴɪᴛᴇ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ, ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴘᴏᴛᴛᴇʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏʀsʜɪᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ɢᴏᴅs, ᴏɴʟʏ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴀᴅᴅɪɴɢ ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ Gᴏᴅ, Yᴀʜᴡᴇʜ, ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ Hᴇʙʀᴇᴡ ᴘᴀɴᴛʜᴇᴏɴ. Mᴀʀᴋ S. Sᴍɪᴛʜ sᴀʏs, ɪɴ Tʜᴇ Eᴀʀʟʏ Hɪsᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏғ Gᴏᴅ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ “ᴀᴄᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴠᴀɪʟᴀʙʟᴇ ᴇᴠɪᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ, Isʀᴀᴇʟɪᴛᴇ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ɪᴛs ᴇᴀʀʟɪᴇsᴛ ғᴏʀᴍ ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀsᴛ ᴍᴀʀᴋᴇᴅʟʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴs ᴏғ ɪᴛs Lᴇᴠᴀɴᴛɪɴᴇ ɴᴇɪɢʜʙᴏᴜʀs”.
Iᴛ ʜᴀs ʟᴏɴɢ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀssᴜᴍᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴄʜᴀᴇᴏʟᴏɢɪsᴛs ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪғʏ ᴀɴ Isʀᴀᴇʟɪᴛᴇ sɪᴛᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴏɴᴇ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴇᴛʜɴɪᴄ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘs, ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʙsᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴘɪɢ ʙᴏɴᴇs. Iᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴡ ᴀᴘᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ Pʜɪʟɪsᴛɪɴᴇs ɪɴᴅᴜʟɢᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴘᴏʀᴋ ᴄᴏɴsᴜᴍᴘᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ Cᴀɴᴀᴀɴɪᴛᴇs ᴀɴᴅ Isʀᴀᴇʟɪᴛᴇs ʀᴀʀᴇʟʏ ᴀᴛᴇ ᴘᴏʀᴋ.
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