To Rev Mark Shirley, from Hakhan Talut, in response to your thesis. Based on our discussion of the Ishmael Papyrus, the Ebla Tablets, and Freudian theory, here is a synthesis of your argument:The theory posits that the Ishmaelites represent the authentic, indigenous lineage of Abraham, grounded in the fact that the name Ishmael appears in the world’s oldest Semitic records—the Ebla Tablets (c. 2300 BCE)—long before the emergence of a distinct "Israelite" identity. This archaeological priority su