Endnote 9 – Were the Early Israelites Pastoral Nomads?

Thus, Sabatino Moscati, in a 1969 study, states: “There is a direction of movement constantly repeated throughout the centuries, namely, the movement from the centre towards the outskirts, from the Arabian desert towards the surrounding regions.” (The Semites in Ancient History; An Inquiry into the Settlement of the Beduin and their Political Establishment (Cardiff: Univ. of Wales Press), 29.)