To the members of the EB Team

[The Wizard]

[QUOTE=caesar44]

Tsorim xx%

Tsorim ???????????????????
In ancient Phoenicia there was a city named Tsor , the people of Tsor established a colony in North Africa , named Kret Hadeshet , that is , "the new city" , now to call the Carthaginians "Tsorim" is as to call the romans "Albanians" , there is no logic in that
"Tsorim" means , the people from Tsor , now , in 218 bce , to call the Carthaginians "the people from Tsor"....think about it

This has been gone over so many times that it is starting to make me groan just thinking of it.

Tsorim indeed refers to Tyr. We had several options in a poll amongst Carthaginian historians, and Tsorim won out. Our etymologists are, however, still debating if the name is correct.

However, your argumentation is incorrect. Phoenicians liked to refer to themselves as Cannaanites. This is proven by evidence both from Carthage as from Phoenicia itself. Would you propose not to refer to the Carthaginians as Canaanites just because they no longer lived in Canaan?



~Wiz