Habiru

Some of these wanderers were called Habiru, the root of Hebrew.

The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008

The Scriptures portray the Hebrews as being slaves, whereas in your novel the Habiru are incorporated into the Egyptian army and Ashai and Ahmoses seem to move about freely.

Archive 2008-09-01 Julianne Douglas 2008

The Scriptures portray the Hebrews as being slaves, whereas in your novel the Habiru are incorporated into the Egyptian army and Ashai and Ahmoses seem to move about freely.

Author Interview: Michelle Moran, The Heretic Queen Julianne Douglas 2008

Eleazar ben Enokh had hoped to find that the Tribe of Dân had preserved customs lost by the Habiru, but I do not think he ever en­visioned this Covenant of Wisdom.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

Trade and war alike existed between the Habiru nation and Jebe-Barkal in the old days.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

Less, I daresay; I had the advantage of ten years of Habiru behind me.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

But Eleazar ben Enokh, a Yeshuite who dwelt in the City of Elua, kept his heart attuned to his One God and courted Him with profound meditation, fasting and reciting hymns, composed in Habiru and Ak­kadian alike, seeking betwixt the two to find the original root words, the First Word of Creation that spoke the world into being — for that, he believed, was the Name of God.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

There is water, and fish, if we can catch them — surely the Habiru laws of hospitality must hold true in Saba.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

No wonder the Habiru prophets had escaped into the desert to think!

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

Most of the ceremony, we could not see, blocked by a sea of bodies, clad in Habiru garb with fringed shawls colored by blue dyes.

Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003