John wrote: Then in the eighth century, disaster struck. Initially the state of Aram, unable to expand north eastwards across the Euphrates, sought to extend...
... Bergen wrote to my article ... Bergen, I am not convinced that the Bible is spurious, as you put it. It is the closest thing that we have to the inside...
Hi George You wrote ... Thanks George for your long post regarding Baal Hamon - Chemosh, and the connection to "High Places". George I feel that all...
Holly wrote ... Holly, given the flexibility I have juts menationed in my post to George, I don't see these as necessarily "either/or" scenarios. It is quite...
John, I agree with everything you write. But you are silent on one thing. Biblically speaking, while the name may be "borrowed".... as in the use of BAAL...
He All: I suppose the following isn't a news flash to many, but I think I have found the explanation for Ezekiel I:10: Eze 1:10 As for the likeness of their...
[edge.org] THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS [4.30.07] A Talk with Elaine Pagels This text sees Judas dying as a martyr-because here the other disciples hate him so much...
George wrote ... George, looking at the character of Baal as portrayed in the Bible, a more vicious form of divinity seems to be portrayed than the Baal of ...
Greetings Robert posted ... "Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said,...
... wrote: Bergen, I am not convinced that the Bible is spurious, as you put it. It is the closest thing that we have to the inside view of Canaanite...
Robert wrote: Conservative Christians hate gospels like this- usually call them fakes and the people who publish them (like us) anti Christian. There was a ...
... fakes ... a ... the ... denounced ... cleaned ... Isn't this the normal thing rulers did in antiquity? Centralize religious administration and end...
Dear friends, Time ago I was able to read in a Hindu Yahoo Group a paper about possible Buddhist and Hindu sources for the narratives of the Gospel, specially...
Dear new poster - Carlos! Nice to have you active on the list! There was once a time that I would have simply laughed and deleted at the whole topic of this...
I have recently been researching for correspondences between Jose (+ Abe & Moses etc) with Egypt/Mesopotamia. The eveidence/info/data I had so far collected...
Hi George. From a few posts offlist we exchanged several years back you know I myself enterrtain thoughts in the direction of Buddhist influences on Greece,...
Carlos ... "They take one of the prisoners condemned to death and seat him upon the king's throne, and give him the king's raiment, and let him lord it and...
A NEO-ASSYRIAN STELE OF SHAMSHI-ADAD V Description: 824-811 b.c. Erected during the reign of the Assyrian King Shamshi- Adad V, the broad side preserving the...
... Dear George, Your message in reply to mine is very informative. As for the Gymnosophists, it refers to the Indian religious group called Jainism that is...
Carlos, Thank you for drawing the list's attention to the issue of Jainism. Here are some historical items that make this discussion more credible and...
Holly ... Personally, I think Yahweh's temple is modelled upon Baal's palace-: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/47290 ... No - I have...
... The influence was not from Buddha to Christianity. It was much earlier. The self-sacrifice is in Genesis. From Race and Religion: A Catholic View: "A...
AJ, Without plenty of additional information it would be difficult to determine how much "additional" influence the gymnosophists might have provided. And...
AJ: The cedar is connected with the god Ashur in Ezekiel. The English translation is misleading as the word ashshuwr is translated as the Assyrian. The word in...
