andrej: I happened to come across some more info on your Q in post 52464: "How long did he spend in Midian", in addition/correction to what I answered in post...
Richard: There is absolutely no mention that either Adam or Abel or any of the subsequent offspring up to Abraham ever engaged in human sacrifice. Cain's sin...
I looked up Zuleika for you and the origin of the word is Persian. It can mean either fair haired or brilliant beauty. So you can eliminate Zuleika as the name...
... Holly: I said nothing about Cain's sin. I said Abel offered as a gift to the Lord the first born of his flock. Isn't that precisely what Abram was asked to...
Rich, Lots of interpretations, yes? I have come to interpret (for my own working scenarios) that Abraham's switching from his 1st born to a sacrificial animal...
The difference between animal and human sacrifice is terror. The greater the threat the more likely the switch to not only human sacrifice, but the choice of...
A recent book, "Moses in the Hieroglyphs" by Grant Berkley, Alan Wilson and Baram Blackett, p490, puts the 4th Dynasty as contemporary with the 12th dynasty...
aris: While I agree that some dynasties may be contemp/overlap, I also believe a certain amount of them still must be consecutive. Joseph's Pharaoh ruled over...
... No interpretations at all, George. I agree that Abraham's switching from human to animal as a political statement. Absolutely. And in the greater context...
I have consolidated a map on: The Aegean-Mediterranean World: Its Mainland, Sea, and Islands http://www.mightymall.com/Roots/700_mediterranean.htm It's not...
Rich, You write: "Why was there this reaction to the Moloch practices [sacrificing humans]? There was a need to increase a population which had been decimated...
Some reseachers consider the Sea Peoples to be a "construct" invented to cover for the "fictional" 600 year "Dark Age" from about 1200BC to about 600BC. This...
Abraham's first born (who was Ishmael, by the way), was a human being. Abraham's first born was not a member of any flock. The Hebrew word for tribe (matteh)...
About population growth: Lot's daughters thought they were the last human survivors of a huge disaster and therefore slept with their father to preserve the...
[ Aris writes] Some reseachers consider the Sea Peoples to be a "construct" invented to cover for the "fictional" 600 year "Dark Age" from about 1200BC to...
... Dear George, Please stick to my argument and its support, and don't move from the specifics of the thread to ALL religion. That's not what we're ...
Seppo. It seems you do impeccable work with a computer at one hand and maybe a vodka gimlet in the other. All the best, Marc ___________ Hi Marc with terrible...
S: I am asking that excellent link in RUSSIAN. Last night drinking with a Russian as well. sst M: A good example of being impartial and circumspect. Good way...
[aris hobeth wrote]: another website on those "dark ages" is ... science.com/eclipses.htm aris hobeth <ahobeth@yahoo. <mailto:ahobeth%40yahoo.com> com> wrote: ...
(Boy people change the topic quickly from what last post(s) was supposed to be about!) I have never seen any one source which lists all of the tribes (and...
Rich, You write: "> Please stick to my argument and its support, and don't move from the > specifics of the thread to ALL religion." Richard, my comments about...
... You don't read carefully George. Above I tell you exactly what Finkelstein and Liverani say and then I add that "The high r/high K strategy in Genesis...
Rich, You still have not explained *how* Jewish strategy was different from Iranian strategy, or Hittite strategy or Babylonian stragety ... for population ...
Bergen, In defense of Rich's approach, a common discussion on this list is the significance of the Abraham-Sacrificing-His- Child event. Was the story about...
