Holly ... Nice post, Holly. One problem, though: you write 'YHWH originated as a god of the desert who became universalized under Persian influence into The...
Hi Jon It's interesting to note where some writers of the NT thought Sinai was located-: "Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the...
... In Hebrew its spelt sjyr. Meanings for other words with this spelling include 'hairy, shaggy, rough; buck, he-goat; hairy demon, satyr' and 'shower of...
John ... So what are you suggesting, John, that the Mesopotamians believed that oceans and seas (salt water) had their own sources, separate from those of...
John ... One question: How old is the Biblical narrative? As Exodus doesn't actually state explicitly that Moses was prince of Egypt (nor that he waged war...
George ... This is why I argue that the blood red stained beer which saved humanity in the Egyptian Myth of the Heavenly Cow is a reference to a massive flood:...
Lloyd ... Eygptian sources? What Egyptian sources refer to Moses, Lloyd? ... Well, if the name Mesha is at all related to Moses, perhaps it has something to do...
Holly wrote ... Holly you have it wrong. Ea/Enki *was* a creator God, it is shown in the myth of "Enki and the world order" and also the story of "Enki and ...
... Holly, the mord for Mother in Sumerian was not "Mat", but "Ama". Thus Tiamat was originally simply Ti-ama (The mother of life), a title given to Eve in...
Holly you wrote ... Holly, Ea is found only in East Semitic Akkadian cuneiform, not in any West Semitic language. Translate Ea into any Aramaic or Phoenician ...
George wrote ... Fascinating George. The Ab -> Ap shift actually occurs in the shift from Sumerian to Akkadian. Thus Sumerian "Abzu" becomes Akkadian "Apsu"...
I asked you if you wanted the cites, the relevant data? It's 52 pages as a summary. Do you want it? I dont want to put in on the ABH because it's too long....
Aris wrote ... Aris, there is much more on this than you seem to have found. Rather than any planetary impacts (which are too big) there is however evidence...
-To my post ... AJ replied ... The mingling of fresh and salt waters in the Persian Gulf creates a particularly rich maritime flora and fauna upon which...
John: While it is true that Ea created man, he was not responsible for creation. That was the job of Abzu and Tiamat (Ummu-Hubbur or Creator of All Things). ...
hello! it's been some time that I'm a member of this group, and I always enjoy to read all of your topics (I must confess that I don't know so much about some...
Holly The shift from Ea to Yah seems to be documented at 2,300 BCE at Ebla, according to Pattinato. Giovanni Pattinato, who was employed to translate the...
Holly, I'm a little surprised that you can't anticipate the logical response to some of your objections. You write: "> While it is true that Ea created man,...
Lloyd wrote ... One of the interesting thing about Amenmoses (The only king ever to have been called simply "Moses" (His name as Messui appears as Kings Son of...
AJ asked ... AJ, I feel the Biblical narrative is at its earliest put together some time during the second generation of the Babylonian captivity, but with a...
Daniela, from what I understand the Nuraghi builders in Sardinia are roughly contemporaneous if not a little later than the Sherden in history. I find the...
John: I think I have discovered the source of the contraversy here. I have always maintained that the gods of Mesopotamia (specifically Sumer, Akkad, Babylon)...
Holly wrote ... Holly there were in Mesopotamian Chronology multiple creations as you rightfully point out. Thus there were 6 generatons or toledoth of Gods...
John: The only way we can know if the Ebla yh is YHWH is if there any mythology has been recorded in the Ebla tablets. Just because it sounds the same doesn't...
George: Ea created man and shaped the earth but he was not responsible for the origin of creation. It was Tiamat also know as Ummu Hubur (former of all things)...
