Jon asked ... Jon, I completed a historical timeline of the Middle East showing chronological comparisons based upon the evidence I have gathered from numerous...
Jon You asked ... Yes Richard Eliot Friedman "The Bible with sources revealed" p.65 ... Friedman shows that the intervention of Yahweh's angel to save Isaac ...
Jon You wrote ... Jon, you seem to get me wrong. I agree that the P source was composed over an extended period. What I was arguing was that this period ...
Djehuti Friedman writes "in the old E story Abraham actually carries out the sacrifice of Isaac. The evidence that verses 11-14, in which the sacrifice was...
Jon wrote ... Jon, there is a fusion of elements occuring here Terracing of Hillsides seems to have been an Anatolian practice that extended here following the...
Hi Siaxares (Lars) I remember we had a long discussion a number of years ago about the 51 year gap that you suggest. The historical time line I wrote up (and ...
... How about a fourth element - a group of dissident Egyptian priests who settled in Canaan, which was sufficiently out of reach of imperial micro-mangement,...
Jim wrote: In mankind's long history, the only place that celebrated a multi-day New Year festival every 6 months was ancient Ur. About March 21 or so, Ur...
John: You left out the two most important parts of what Friedman says. 1. He prefaces what you quote as follows: "It is possible that...." In other words, he...
... Thanks, again, Holly, for the information on Sumerian dating systems. As you note above the Sumerians used the "accession year" system where the name of...
... Days The Sumerian day started at sunset (as in Genesis) and was twelve double hours long, six double hours of daytime and six double hours of nighttime. ...
... suggest ... The ... of a ... to ... I have a different "uneducated guess" about perhaps how the Jews ended up with Canaanite script. During their time in...
Hello Jon, I am sorry to say that I do not remember Kaufman's arguments. I wonder if it would be profitable to discuss P's very high view of the Sabbath which...
John writes: "In the light of these factors, it is possible in the E source that Isaac was sacrificed, but later the idea of human sacrifice was repugnant so...
Holly: You wrote: "I think you many be confusing celebrations regarding the 2 planting/harvesting seasons with the celebration of a completed year. Sumer had...
I wrote ... history. To which was added ... I tend to see the Levitical class as starting as a military group commanded to protect Egyptian interests in...
Hi Siaxares-Lars You wrote ... Lars I don't know of any "Egyptian Universities" operating at this time. The Great Egyptian Universities grew out of Islamic...
John, I was completely fascinated by your treatment of the "E" component of Abraham's "sacrifice" of Isaac. For those who may not have really read this, I...
Jason Regarding this story, the documentary hypothesis suggests that there were different traditions circulating in deifferent parts of the country. These...
Considering the synergies between military and priestly interests (worship centers being built near military centers and vice versa), I would say the Levites...
John, regarding your hypothesis, you have failed to give a logical reason why, priests, who were responsible for recording every detail of Hebrew history,...
I find it interesting that there is a complete absence of any mention of Yahweh in the Ugaritic material. We do get some vague mentions of Yahweh at the Soleb...
Eliot: Here is the reference to Isaac and Ishmael burying Abraham: Gen 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him (Abraham) in the cave of Machpelah, in...
Jim: I wrote a detailed reply to your post but it got lost in cyber space, so here we go again. I read you site and here is a more complete quote: The calender...
Jim: The Wikipedia site for the comparison of the Hebrew and Babylonian calendar did not post too well. Here is a 2nd attempt. If it doesn't work, just click...
Siaxares wrote: Ezra 6:14 And the older men of the Jews were building and making progress under the prophesying of Hag´gai the prophet and Zech·a·ri´ah the...
I just wanted to share this photograph, I hope it turns out clear. http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h246/drifter_03/P3diset.jpg The reason I am posting this...
John wrote: "Lars I don't know of any "Egyptian Universities" operating at this ... This statement is completely erroneous. Kemet, which is the correct name...
John: It is interesting to compare Akhenaten's semi-monotheistic gambit with the Hebrews' semi-monotheistic gambit. Akhenaten's contemporaries and the...
Holly: 1. You wrote: "You will notice that the Sumerians of UrIII had 13 named months, one of which was intercalary. The 12 different names for the 12 lunar...
