Joe,
I promise not to burn you at the stake. By the way, I wasn't suggesting that you be more precise, nor was I responding to your post at all. I was responding to John Hardly's and leenia's posts.

leenia,
I agree that "the question of what tribes (if any) were where" is much less important than understanding "the viewpoint of people who withstood terrible suffering and yet kept their faith, their identity and their ethics". My attempts to answer one question do not imply that I think all other questions are unimportant.

Everyone,
I know you've all been on pins and needles worrying about my fence. You'll be relieved to know that it is fixed and my sheep will no longer be going astray. At least for now.

Sheepishly,
Kent