Article Articles Gilgamesh, Atrahasis and the Flood By Pete Enns on June 01, 2010 The Bible in Ancient Context The Flood #Introduction The biblical flood story (Genesis 6-9) has certainly taken a beating over the last two or three centuries. The problems began in earnest once geologists realized that a literal submersion of the entire earth in […]
Origins Of The Hebrew Bible
ANCIENT FICTIONAL ITY – MOSES EXODUS AND CONVERSION THEORY (printed)
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 […]
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, […]
HISTORY BEGINS AT SUMER PDF BOOK
Sumerian religion
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Sumerian religion Wall plaque showing libations by devotees and a naked priest, to a seated god and a temple. Ur, 2500 BCE.[1][2] Part of a series on Ancient Mesopotamian religion Religions of the ancient Near East Anatolia Ancient Egypt Mesopotamia Babylonia Sumer Persia Semitic Arabia Canaan show Primordial […]
Hammurabi’s Code and the Law of Moses
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