My grandmother gave me a National Geographic magazine today that she's saved, and the date of the issue is August, 1924. In it is an interesting article about...
George: It really makes you wonder if Paul was really more a member of a mystery cult than he was a member of his own Jewish community. He claims to be a...
Thanks for this data. It works for me immediately in setting the scenario in my brain. I finally put my bible research software on my new desktop and I'm...
Since Paul was originally what we would consider an Orthodox Jew today, and in conjunction with my interest in Torah only, I found this jewel of an explanation...
Per the Britannica, turns out that the ban on Circumcsion was already in place by the time of Constantine. What a revelation and really helps set the scene for...
Greetings Interesting documentary on ABC-TV last night: a re-enactment of Cicero's first great trial, in which he successfully defended a 'dead' man against...
For those who are in the midst of a discussion with Ethel (or plan to be), I should mention that she sent me a nice email, with no rancor, explaining that the ...
I thought I would re-post this one from April 2004 (post 38419). It is my Letter to the Editor that was published on the topic of "Poor in Spirit". It had to...
Below is the Easton Dictionary discussion of "Hebron". www.blueletterbible.org/tmp_dir/choice/1057109129-8218.html Hebron: a community; alliance. ( 1.) A city...
George: This is the reference to Qiryat Araba' (which means the town of the four in Arabic too) in Numbers 13:22: And they ascended [05927] `alah by the...
While I am unsure of the existance of this phrase in the Qumran texts, the phrase "poor in spirit" as used in Matthew 5:3 can be broken down as such: poor:...
Hi Milt (again) Having said that, the Greek word pneuma is also that which is used to specifically name the third person of the Trinity, nameless the Spirit, ...
Hi Milt ... Certainly one of my favourite interpretations. Yet the Qumran scrolls also contain references to the 'Simple of Ephraim', and I can't help but...
Holly, George ... Interesting stuff, Holly. I notice that you translated the word ngb 'south', and the word imn 'gift or right hand'. Yet imn also means...
George & AJ: I just had an epiphany; a major AHA!! I have always been curious about the word for giant in Hebrew (nephilim). Nphyl means, according to Strongs,...
Well, ...seeing as you mentioned it.. After reading Holly's explanation the thought crossed my mind that just perhaps those names, possibly distorted to some...
Hi Jon ... Very thought provocative, Jon. Firstly, a place named 'city of the four' strikes me as a marvellous name for a city located at a trading crossroads...
Holly ... Frankly, I'm surprised that no-one has suggested that these Nephilim aren't Egypt's Apiru. I seem to recall a thread some time back that identified...
The conventional view of the chronology for writing the Pentateuch, from Genesis to Deuteronomy is that Moses wrote these books. This leads, naturally, to the...
Greetings I wrote, ... Nephilim ... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/39594 "Below is a text by the Victorian author Gerald Massey who...
aj, I've asked a similar question before. Look in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/13982 and the messages in that thread. Best wishes ...
To AJ and Anders (great to see your post!): This is one of the few discussion I could find on Avaris. It's a little confusing to me, but perhaps you two ...
AJ: The Arabic god of storms was Quzah who was a "pre-Islamic god of storms and thunder. He carries a bow and arrows which, when fired, causes hailstorms. In...
This text presents a different (Biblical) viewpoint, but blessedly, it is presented in a very simple form: http://abr.christiananswers.net/enews/jul2002.html ...
This is a non-religious URL which provides some good detail, presumably reliable. Unfortunately, there is no discussion of the etiology of the name Avaris: ...
