Dear Patrina, I would suggest that you have a look at my site, www.bibleorigins.net which combines iconography with bible history and the findings of ...
George Firstly; I was elated when I read, "[Garbini] makes the interesting observation that the Pentateuch would actually make more sense if it starts with...
George You wrote (to Walter), "History is written by the victors. We all know this". Firstly, who are these 'we' to whom you refer? And secondly; that first...
AJ, What I took away from Garbini's writing is that we Modern historians are too stubborn in how we read ancient "clippings". There was an ancient viewpoint...
I have frequently wondered exactly why Deuteronomy starts where it does. Here are the first words of Deuteronomy: Deu 1:1 These [be] the words which Moses...
George You said this yourself, George; "... consistent with what Josephus says about the story of 'Osar-Seph', and how at some point he suddenly acquires the...
AJ, I certainly never said: "> So Josephus later names Osar-Seph as Moses?" My point was that Josephus relates to us that Manetho said that there was an older...
I have recently "revised" and "updated" my article on the Hebrew _Shabbat_ (Sabbath) and the Mesopotamian _Shappatu_, "correcting a number of earlier errors."...
It is a common theme in Hebrew thought for immersion to assist the individual in recovering a pure state. At least one branch of Essenes immersed daily in...
Dear George, Ablution or "purity" baths were an aspect of Mesopotamian and Israelite religious customs. In the Hebrew Bible the ritual purity bath has NOTHING...
In my last clipping from Giovanni Garbini's book, MYTH AND HISTORY IN THE BIBLE (2003), I will cite his analysis for why he concludes that the book of Genesis...
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone could perhaps share with me some titles of books that specific talk about the factualness of biblical events both...
... www.bibleorigins.net ... Walter What I really need is access to indexed iconography that isn't embedded within articles, where it's a lengthy process to...
Good Luck Patrina in your search. I've been cruising the internet for 6 years now looking for the same and I haven't found it yet either. Please share with us...
I am not personnaly aware of a site presenting a listing or bibliography of ONLY those books "proving" the bible to be true via archaeology. Second best, would...
The Book of Genesis is essentially preliminary to Exodus (Authored or Edited) by Moses. (Because) In the last paragraph of Genesis Joseph on his deathbed...
Of course I recommend "Moses in the Twelfth Dynasty Egyptian Literature: a Reconstruction" by Aris M. Hobeth. It is entire on the website arismhobeth.com and...
I recommend the recent book by Lennart Moller, "The Exodus Case" on his discoveries involving biblical archaeology. He offers some remarkable color photos. ...
The Biblical history seems to offer "both sides." It consistently records the evils and failures of many of the Biblical leaders, both militarily, and morally....
Aris, Basically, then, you conclude that Genesis was written BEFORE Exodus because that's the way you find it in the bible. That's fairly powerful methodology!...
does the word SIN mean the same to us today as it did in ancient times? Does anyone have have any info on the root of the word and its origins? Mike C...
... George, I speculate: It is a theory of mine that John never did go in for these one-off baptisms, being a prophet of the Spirit that could purify the...
I think if you check out the publications of the McDonald Institute, they approach biblical archaeology from a belief viewpoint? Also, Vendyl Jones, has done...
Hey does that mean Proverbs was written after Psalms? Who would have thought it could be that simple? ... Just a touch of humor to get the day going.... James...
Actually I have joined a Mandean Yahoo group to look at these sorts of questions. I'm still awaiting membership though, so I am unsure if the group is well...
It is a common theme in Hebrew thought for immersion to assist the individual in recovering a pure state. At least one branch of Essenes immersed daily in...
George, if you had read my Genesis-Exodus comment to the end, you would have noticed that I said Moses wrote Genesis AFTER the Passover/Exodus had occured. ...
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Hi Mike ... I'm going to be a very bad historian here, and say that I can't remember where it was that I read this, so take it with the proviso that the source...
... times? ... origins? Dear Mike, The Hebrew word _chattah_ (pronounced khat-tawth)is substituted by the English word SIN (Ge 31:36). In the New Testament the...