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- Sat Jan 26, 2019 12:59 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: God versus Gods: THE BOOK
- Replies: 2
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Re: God versus Gods: THE BOOK
Tacky or not, it's still an interested read.
- Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:52 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: God versus Gods: THE BOOK
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10029
God versus Gods: THE BOOK
I just released my new book, G-d Versus Gods: Judaism in the Age of Idolatry (Mosaica Press, 2018). My book details the history of the struggle between idolatry/polytheism and Jewish Monotheism in Biblical times. It is broken up into two sections: The first section follows the narrative of the Bible...
- Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:19 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Where was the Temple of Onias located?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14662
- Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:56 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Where was the Temple of Onias located?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14662
Re: Where was the Temple of Onias located?
Alexandria in the Babylonian Talmud sometimes seems to mean Egypt in general. Andrew Criddle Do you have any sources for this assertion? Mishnah Menachot 13.10 http://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Menachot.13?lang=en “I take upon myself an olah” - he must offer it in the Temple. And if he offered it in t...
- Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:33 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Where was the Temple of Onias located?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14662
Where was the Temple of Onias located?
Josephus writes that the Temple of Onias (Chonyo) in Egypt was built in Heliopoils, however the Talmud (Menahot 109b) seems to understand that the temple was built in Alexandria, not in Heliopolis?
- Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:38 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Mesha Stele-Father of Mesha
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11423
- Thu May 05, 2016 3:12 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Mesha Stele-Father of Mesha
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11423
Mesha Stele-Father of Mesha
In English translations of the [Mesha Stele][1], the opening words are "I am Mesha son of Chemosh-melekh, king of Moab the Dibonite". However, the truth is that the actual text of the Stele ([rendered in Hebrew characters][2]) reads: אנך משע בן כמש** מלך מאב הדיבני. The stars are apparentl...
- Wed May 04, 2016 7:56 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Why is Matgenus, king of Tyre, sometimes called Mattan?
- Replies: 4
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Why is Matgenus, king of Tyre, sometimes called Mattan?
In Josephus' Against Apion (1:18) he writes in the name of Menander the Ephesian that Matgenus was one of the Tyrian kings, but I have seen other sources (like Wikipedia, et al.) refer to this king as Mattan. Why is he sometimes called Matgenus and sometimes called Mattan? Who decided that Matgenus ...
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 11:06 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: What is the temple of Arza? Which idol is this?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20021
Re: What is the temple of Arza? Which idol is this?
I find that your question is adequately answered here: http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/21105/what-is-the-temple-of-arza-which-idol-is-this As I commented there, my question is specifically to understand the explanation of Targum and the Peshitta who DO explain that Arza is an idol, ...
- Thu Dec 31, 2015 1:49 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: What is the temple of Arza? Which idol is this?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20021
Re: What is the temple of Arza? Which idol is this?
iskander wrote:Where did you find what?