George ... According to whose Gospel? Even your unsympathetic bible historian stated that there is no indication of the resurrection in the Q document. If...
George ... The text reads-: "The daily ablutions, the new-moon observances, the careful inspection of leprosy are completely past and gone, ..." New-moon...
AJ, I think we're having a tough time getting on the same page here... which is necessary before we can be satisfied that we actually disagree with each other...
AJ, You write: "New-moon observances and careful inspections of leprosy are both parts of the law of the OT, so presumably the writer of this thought daily...
Shalom, I'm wondering if the ritual in Sumerian hymn to Inana (C) pilipili can be concidered as human sacrifice? 73-79. The mistress, a leopard among the Anuna...
TO THE ABH READERS: I've been scanning through the Egyptian commentaries, and I think I have found something that the average reader would simply ignore. There...
Yes i am quite excited about the prospects for mutual exchange...as i too want to learn and grow--- In AncientBibleHistory@yahoogroups.com, ... Trinidad ... ...
AJ, You write: "> What I think is quite immaterial. This is what Tertullian thought, ... In this case, this is a debating technique, rather than one to derive ...
Djehuti and Marianne: You two are broadly knowledgeable about Egyptian practices. Can either of you comment on the Egyptian priestly rituals of "washing" in...
George recently wrote to all : But I *do* believe that the Therapeutae formed BEFORE the Qumran or Jewish Essenes... for I think it is easier to believe the...
Bergen, I have to agree with virtually everything you said. But I want to offer two clarifying comments: 1) there was another use of ritual bathing... and that...
George ... 'You' (ie. me) versus 'we'. Who are the 'we', George, because I'd hardly say that they 'know' that the Essenes constituted all Jewish Israel? You...
AJ, I'm not sure what is blocking your acceptance of this. It is the process of elimination and deduction. We know that JUDAISM in general didn't have DAILY ...
AJ, One piece of OLD information is that Josephus distinguished the Essenes from the other branches of Judaism by describing their practice of daily ablutions....
I have been doing some scanning looking for details on Orphism. Overall, modern writers on Orphism spend more time pointing out a GENERAL distinction between...
... ******************************** Hi AJ, I am going to guess that the section 'Leviticus' probably holds the core of written legislation on immersions of...
George wrote: I think we are getting mixed up between OCCASIONAL ablutions vs. DAILY, and Leviticus-period rules (whenever this was supposed to be) and...
Below is a discussion of one kind of "purifying" that Orphics performed. Amazingly, the ritual was performed with MUD rather than with WATER! Yikes! However,...
Didn't the rabbis complain to Jesus that his apostles were walking thru a wheat field picking at the grain and eating it. (without washing their hands) Jesus...
I'm starting to see a lot of value in examining the Orphic writings... and hypothesizing that either a group of Hebrew (Samaritan or Jewish?) adopted Orphism...
Hi Folks There is a very good article which I mentioned I was transcribing for you all. Here it is Regards John ... Tristan J. Barrako "The Philistine...
... Quite the task John, thankyou for your efforts. Just a few brief observations. ... Mr Barrako appears to be commenting on the social state of affairs ...
John, This is a very good article you have transcribed! You say transcribed, so who was the author and what was the book? It's good to have it in the realm of...
-Hi Jon You wrote ... My pleasure Barrako wrote ... Yes he was ... I think there was a simpler reason, Jon. The Late Bronze Age pattern of trade was one that...
George I was of the impression that the Philistine predeliction for pig lasted down to Roman times. I have seen somewhere a Jewish condemnation of Ashkelon...
