Much work has been done on the Exodus, evidence scoured for possible routes into the wilderness, the conquests of Canaan pored over all without result. Those who vehemently believed or believe in the story did so through belief in the Bible as history. Many people still do and a small number of unaffiliated scholars still […]
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An Incomplete History
Origins of the Earliest Scripture and the Story of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Issac, and Jacob (Israel) Prehistory to 1850 B.C.E. Hebrews do not appear in the historical record until between 1220 B.C.E. during the reign of the Egyptian king Marniptah. The granite inscribed account of Marniptah’s military campaign in Asia lists Israelites as one of […]
MESOPOTAMIAN MOTIFS IN THE EARLY CHAPTERS OF GENESIS
By: E.A. Speiser View PDF Biblical history proper begins with the call to Abraham to leave his native country and set out for a destination that is to become the Promised Land. The event is recorded in Genesis 12. All that precedes, i.e. Gen. 1-11, is thus in a sense extra-biblical and, in more ways than one, […]
BABYLONIAN RELIGION, CULTURE AND REFERENCES TO BABYON IN THE BIBLE
BABYLONIAN RELIGION Babylonian Society, Marriage and Economics Babylonian Literature Babylonian Epics Babylonian Gilgamesh Biblical References to the Babylonians Babylon, Creation, Garden of Eden and the Great Flood Babylonians and the Tower of Babel BABYLONIAN RELIGION Babylonian god Nebo According to the Catholic Encyclopedia:“The Babylonian Pantheon arose out of a gradual amalgamation […]
BIBLE AND MESOPTANIA
MESOPOTAMIA BIBLE AND MESOPOTAMIA Amorites Biblical Amorites Ugaritic Gods Worship at Ugarit and in Ancient Israel Ugarit and the Old Testament From Ugarit to the Bible Biblical Hittites Biblical References to the Hittites Moabite Stone – The Mesha Stele – 930 B.C. Biblical References to the Babylonians Babylon, Creation, Garden of Eden and the Great […]