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by Red Johnson
by Red Johnson
by Red Johnson
CHAPTER THREE PRIESTHOODS OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST The Ancient Near East was populated by a large number of ethnic groups more or less related, if not always by language, at least by geo-graphy, culture, and religion. Their special connection with Israel is an additional reason for treating their priesthoods under one heading. A further […]
by Red Johnson
By Owen Jarus June 29, 2018 Eight human sacrifices were found at the entrance to this tomb, which held the remains of two 12-year-olds from ancient Mesopotamia. (Image credit: Photograph by permission of the Ba ̧sur Höyük Research Project; Antiquity 2018) About 5,000 years ago, the Mesopotamians buried two 12-year-olds — a boy and a girl — […]
by Red Johnson
SPECIAL TOPIC: SACRIFICES IN MESOPOTAMIA AND ISRAEL AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE (These notes are part of my OT Survey notes online. Also note the chart in NIDOTTE, vol. 4, pp. 1020-1021.) I. Ritual laws in Mesopotamia A. Sacrifice was primarily a meal offered to a god. The altar was the table of the god where the meal was […]