Talk:Moab

The Moabites were enemies of the Israelites, so I take it our story is not about Philistia conquering Israel, or not directly. I thought perhaps it was the result of a linguistic shift over the centuries, like how the region was known as Palestine from the Roman conquest through the British mandate.

This had me thinking that Tabitas was not David because David was an Israelite. But he was also a great-grandson of Ruth. Maybe the real POD is Bethlehem Ephrathah (perhaps among other territories, maybe even the entire nation) going from Israelite to Moabite hands some time between the lifetimes of Boaz and David. David self-identified as Moabite. That might also explain Tabitas and Evraioi instead of David and Bethlehem Ephrathah. Not sure if the Moabite language works that way but a transfer between two peoples who spoke two different languages was sure to result in some name changes. Turtle Fan 05:01, April 6, 2010 (UTC)