Jon, Okay, you write: "I feel pretty comfortable that Elishah of Gen. 10:4 is Alishaya..." And I feel pretty comfortable that Genesis was written most ...
... George. Is this an offer of a compromise? In many cases, when scholars translate ancient writings, especially those that contain suggested historical data,...
George wrote: "I feel pretty comfortable that Genesis was written most recently, probably around 200 BCE (50 years or so before Daniel joined the Old...
"Chedorlaomer" The most exciting name of the four attacking rulers at Genesis 14: 1 is the big name "Chedorlaomer". In this post we will look at the three...
Jim I think you are right. Our current book of Exodus clearly does contain patriarchal elements, but that only means Exodus as we now have it was composed...
Holly ... The ancient Canaanites thought that the underworld was accessed through caves, Holly, not volcanoes. ... mjh, mem ayin heh, 'bowels, womb'. ... What...
Jon ... Bostock's, from 1855. ... Some more trivia for you, Jon: when Wren's Cathedral was opened in 1697 it was described as 'aweful and artificial', because...
John ... Too much One-Stone, John. It appears to me that it's not simply direction that we encounter when we read ancient literature, but also motion, motion...
John ... Too much One-Stone, John. It appears to me that it's not simply direction that we encounter when we read ancient literature, but also motion, motion...
Amraphel King of Shinar One of the four attacking rulers at Genesis 14: 1 is "Amraphel king of Shinar". In this post we will analyze the name "Amraphel", and ...
John: 1. I agree with your analysis of Exodus. 2. I believe that your analysis of Exodus is basically the mainstream analysis of today's leading secular...
AJ I have seen Hanno's destination referred to as the Island of Fernando Po. One thing though, there was mention of a "battle" with hairy men which some have...
... Prettywell everything outside of Sondheim's musical. I bought the purported biography of Sweeny Todd, cleverly done, fooled a lot of people. Ask me...
Jon, Walter and John C. have individually and together made an extremely persuasive case for the Table of Nations being written sometime in the 600's BCE.......
My thoughts on patriarchal elements in Exodus: 1) The conventional patriarchal elements (Jacob and 12 sons) are complete fabrications. 2) Texts about...
George. In earlier posts I have suggested that I agree with Friedman's proposal for a compilation of scribal material sometime just prior to 722 BCE. Sources J...
George You wrote ... George, given the fact that these Egyptian libraries would not have been available to Persianised Jews prior to the invasion of Egypt, you...
Jon In what way do you think that E and J were composed prior to the Assyrian destruction of Israel. E is very critical of the Israelite monarchy. In what way...
John ... In the Gulf of Guinea, yes? http://web.archive.org/web/20040615213109/http://www.jate.u- szeged.hu/~gnovak/f99htHanno.htm "... Cerne. From our journey...
Bergen ... What they accept, Bergo, is irrelevent: the Aleppo Codex is only some 1000 years old. How old are these scrolls of theirs to which you refer? Yet as...
George ... Why libraries? Every god had a myth, and one which was presumably well known to his worshippers. And the Elephantine Papyri tell us that the temple...
John. I couldn't take credit for making such a determination, I accept the results of the analysis published by Richard Friedman. In Friedman's opinion the E...
Jon, What an interesting contrast. You conclude: "...dating the individual books (Genesis, Exodus, etc.) is likely impossible, but it may be possible to date...
John, It seems that you have never come to grips with understanding my Egyptian Library scenario. You write: "George, given the fact that these Egyptian...
AJ, When I "invoke libraries", it is not a specific reference to the "Cairo Downtown Library" or some such thing. I am making a generic reference to any...
... George. I thought I was stating the obvious, that the component parts are obviously older than the whole. If this goes against your unique research...
George ... And what I am saying, George, is that such information needn't necessarily have been recorded: each god had his own myth, and his priesthood must...
Jon Does this mean that you accept the historicity of the Solomon stories? ... I have serious doubts about this. Firstly there is no independent accounts, and...
