David wrote ... Osman is "out of touch" here - Aten refers to the visible disk of the sun, Adonai refers to a term of respect (frequently translated as Lord)....
Michael asked ... There are many who assume Sumerian to be a linguistic isolate (like Basque). Earlier, before the language was well understood - its system...
David asked ... You are right, David, but as Horus was always portrayed as a falcon or as a falcon headed man, striding across the country (or sometimes as a...
Hi John ... That may be so - but it wasn't known to be *trinary* (if that's the right word) until 1999! Peter ... Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. ...
Greetings, just on the Saturn thread I noted that Tacitus (Histories 5.4) writes that Jews kept the sabbath being the 7th day 'out of respect for Saturn.' ...
I just went there because it was in the google list looking for equilateral triangles in the vatican. So I searched "jew" and you can find tons of stuff. It's...
The search on equilateral triangle in the online 100 YO catholic encyc brought up this wonderful article. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11080b.htm What's so...
Holly, It's good to get another view on this "end-to-watery-place" linguistic evolution. Your emphasis on "stagnant water" being polluted or to be avoided...
Brian, Can we expand on this idea more? Every time we go to a new webpage, someone is always connecting this planet or that planet to the same god... or some...
Dear George, I can't prove any astronomical connections. I was just reading Tacitus book 5 where he describes his view of Jewish religion. He makes a rather...
... person ... I haven't seen the evidence that Esdras is a valid historical source pertaining to Ezra/Nehemiah. Thus, our differences on this come down to...
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Hi. ... The issue is not source but INTERPRETATION of the text at hand. You are saying the "Nehemiah" mentioned as coming back with Zerubbabel is not THAT...
... is ... If you're going to refer to other sources to support your perspective then it is a matter of source as well. Otherwise, you shouldn't feel the need...
... Hi George, I just ran across this site and have pulled some data from it for a later presentation on this comparative god theory. You will find Reshep in...
Dear listers, Avenal's 'Dictionary of All Scriptures and Myths' quotes the Book of the Dead (Ch. 60) as reading: "I conquer by this most mighty Word which is...
Hi, does anyone know if the Biblical Kittim (who in Genesis 10 is listed as a son of Javan and grandson of Japheth) has any relation to Cetii/Kittioi in...
It is amazing how even this moment, information is distributed scientifically. Today I learned that the Talmud and Judaism was already evolved by Greek...
Hey, I came across a list of personal names in my 1967 World Book Dictionary (I know it's outdated-my dad got it when he was twelve, and I haven't gotten...
The criterion of "dissimilarity" supports the idea that Moses had historical Midianite connections since during the time of the Judges, the Midianites were...
David wrote ... Wow! Jews in Crete! Certainly Tacitus seems to be confusing Palestine, Philistine and Palasgian, which I feel is a justified connection. I...
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Dear Lars, In reading Josephus Antiquities this morning I found two quotes that support your claim of Nehemiah's long life: "Now there was one of those Jews...
Hi everyone Just trying this out to see if it works! I've had a couple of off-list e-mails from people whose posts haven't come through to the list today, and...
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