Talk:Himyar
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According to A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People, edited by Eli Barnavi:
"Some Christians regard this [anti-Christian warfare] as part of a Jewish attempt to dominate the world. Yet the kingdom was not Jewish, and its monotheism was but an expression of Himyarite independence."
This same book also mentions that the war was fought in the name of "The Merciful One", which suggests to me that Himyar monotheism was more proto-Islamic then Jewish. Can anyone out there back some of this up with a non-POV source?
The deity named in Christian and Judaising/Jewish Texts is Rachmana/n, the merciful. Summary: C. Robin in the periodical Arabia 1, 2004. Himyarite monotheism was Christian and Jewish whereby the nature of the latter is a question of definition since the Jews in Himyarite Arabia appear unaware of the Talmud. Basic attributes are also lacking. p.y.
I'm taking out "if he was not simply Judaising" because the sentence is nonsensical.--Dr.Worm 03:49, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Conquests
Where do those conquest dates come from? I'm researching the Aksumite king GDRT right now, and during his reign (c. 200-230), Himyar, Saba, Qataban, and Hadramaut were all independent states (he was allied with all of the others against Himyar at one point), though Hadramaut was conquered by Saba.
ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 06:56, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
