Marc, ... While there never were any worldwide floods there was a "flood" of such myths, the *fact* that biblical authors repeatedly, exploited this trope ...
Marc's first comment [MARC1] and response to present message [MARC2] LOUIS D: Marc, ... biblical ... LOUIS D: While there never were any worldwide floods there...
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The following article, employing an _Anthropological point of view_, traces Yahweh's evolution from being a God with a healthy sexual appetite into a eunuch by...
... Just a comment. We have no hard data on how nomes evolved but only snapshots where a selection of nomes get a mention in some political treatise every now ...
... And I had stated in my previous reply that I had used the term 'Jewish' to allow for both of our perspectives i.e. we both agree he was religiously Jewish...
Thankyou A.J. This (at bottom) is an explanation I appreciate, clear and covering all the bases. Many thanx - excellent!! So, not to leave any stone unturned,...
Marc's previous comments at [MW1 & 2] and comment to this post at [MW3] From: tzymosis ... of such ... trope ... communicated ... the 4 ... where the ... ...
George: 1. There never was a Hebrew King Solomon in the real world. 2. The King Solomon stories in the Bible are told by Hebrew scribes. Where did they come...
To Jim and the ABH readers: This is quite a difficult situation. Jim, you write: "2. The King Solomon stories in the Bible are told by Hebrew scribes. Where...
I recieved this discussion from an ABH member who has suddenly found it difficult to receive DIGEST emails in a useable format. Has any other DIGEST user...
Solomon like Moses was a composite chracter. Solomon got his wisdom from the great Greek thinker, lawgiver Solon. Best Rasmus ... -- Behind every excuse lies a...
... Jim In discussions like this it might help some (especially yours truely) if we can be very specific on what you mean by Hebrews. If I recall there's a...
Jim, George & AJ: The Kedarites were know for their black tents. I believe this is mentioned in the Songs of Solomon 1:5: I[am] black, but comely, O ye...
John: The Islamic view of the (akhera)hereafter, was not invented by any Imam. It is fully described in the Quran. The "unseen" is not heremitically sealed...
John: Just a further note on the "biblical" mind. I have long thought that the basis of the bible is the bedouin/tribal mindset. For instance, in the tribal ...
Thank you Holly for your post. Nevertheless, I do find a great deal of similarity between the Protestant Reformation and Wahhabism, in their attempt to prune...
Jim. Rather than repost this I will provide the link, it is the last bit of digging I did with respect to finding out to what extent the Hittite Royal Family...
John: There have always been reformist movements in all religions. In Islam, a reformer is a mujedid (one who makes new). A lot of these reformers rely on ...
Rasmus, Good to hear your thoughts! You write: "Solomon like Moses was a composite chracter. Solomon got his wisdom from the great Greek thinker, lawgiver...
Holly, YEP! It makes for a great play on words, doesn't it? George ... "KDR" in Strong's dictionary means "black"... in the same way that CUSH can mean that. ...
Djehuti, You originally wrote: "George, we've already covered the fact of him being identified with Jews by the Samaritan woman (John 4:20) and his subsequent ...
Jon: 1. You wrote: "In discussions like this it might help some (especially yours truely) if we can be very specific on what you mean by Hebrews. If I recall...
Djehuti, I reached back to an older post that had a lot of points by you. I had responded to some of them, but not all, so that each important consideration...
John (and Walter), Ever since I read of the anecdote where two gods(?) were taken out of the Jerusalem temple that were inter-twined in a sort of sexual ...
Hi John. The link below has three images of bull men. A number of places I've read that gods are depicted as figures wearing bull horns. Who are these in this...
... places ... Who are ... I've seen ... bull horns on ... Dear Mark, The Mesopotamians admired the strength and power of the bull and ascribed its power to...
Marianne ... No-: http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eusebius_pe_09_book9.htm "'But when Chenephres perceived the excellence of Moses he envied him, and sought...
Marc ... This is the sort of viewpoint which always extracts from me a titter - why the Biblical, Marc, why have you not questioned the historicity of the...
