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Jews Debate Before Alexander (313 BCE)
Great Jewish victory in public debate with Ishmaelites, Canaanites and Egyptians before Alexander the Great...regarding the birthrights and the Land ownership...
From Megillat Taanit 3
"When the Ishmaelites, the Canaanites, and
the Egyptians made common cause against the Jews,
and complained to the Macedonian conqueror that the
birthright belonged to Ishmael, that the land belonged
to Canaanites, &c, Gebiha ben Pesisa, with the counsel of
the Sages, controverted them and, adducing proofs from
the Torah that the birthright and the land belonged to
Israel, won his case, and that day was immediately declared a Yom Tob."
Topic: Debate on ownership of Israel this day (Read 321 times)