Thermopylae (זרבבל)
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 9:43 am
Zerubbabel is a Greek name, easily deciphered, זרב appears in Job 6:17, the Septuagint conveniently reads θέρμης
and the name compounds as זרב-בל and quickly found in a Greek Lexicon.
1. θερμόβουλος (Thermoboulos)
- Hot-tempered, Rash (adj.)
2. θερμόβλυστος (Thermoblustos)
- Hot-bubbling
3. θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai)
- Gates of hot-springs, Thermopylae.
Thermopylae is where the famous battle took place during the Persian Empire that inspired the Movie, 300 (2007). www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae
The soldiers of the army of Xerxes I came from all over the Persian Empire, so no doubt that the people of the Book of Ezra-Nehemiah participated, else why would they be exempt?
Thermopylae is associated with Amphictyon [ἀμφικτύον] that resembles נבוכדנצור
- נבו/ἀμφι
- כדן/κτύον
- צור/-ικός
- נבוכדנצור - Ἀμφικτυονικός (adj) "belonging to the Amphictyons"
Thermopylae
It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs.
; Following Thermopylae, the Persian army proceeded to sack and burn Plataea and Thespiae (two cities)
Compare; Genesis 14, a battle-scene near Sulphur springs (14:10).
In Genesis 14:14, a Greek word appears in the Hebrew text, חניכי (ἡνίοχοι) "charioteers" , which also the name of Heniochi, an ancient tribe inhabiting northwest shores of Colchis, ἡνίοχοι appears twice in Herodotus, chapter 7, accordingly, the Colchis practised circumcision.
Herodotus 2.104
Colchians, Egyptians and Ethiopians are the only nations that have from the first practised circumcision.
Herodotus 7.40
After these came Xerxes himself in a chariot drawn by Nesaean horses; beside him was his charioteer, whose name was Patiramphes, the son of Otanes, a Persian.
Πατιράμφης (Patiramphes) was the charioteer [חניך] of Xerxes (of the Battle of Thermopylae)
*Historical Abraham?
These wars resulted in treaties (449 BCE)
- All Greek cities of Asia were to 'live by their own laws' or 'be autonomous' (depending on translation).
Ezra 7:6
Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request.
Did the Persian allow them to live by their own laws without a treaty.
- The Peace of Callias treaty was established in 449 BCE during the reign of Artaxerxes I (Ezra 7:1)
- Cyrus is Artaxerxes I according to Josephus (Daniel 10:1) (Isaiah 45:1) (Ezra 1:2)
Callias II
Some time after the death of Cimon, probably about 449 BCE, he went to Susa to conclude with Artaxerxes I a treaty of peace which became known as the Peace of Callias. This treaty ended the Greco-Persian War and safeguarded the Greek city-states in Asia Minor from Persian attacks. Callias may also been responsible for peace treaties with Rhegion and Leontinoi, as well as the later peace treaty with Sparta known as the Thirty Years' Peace.
and the name compounds as זרב-בל and quickly found in a Greek Lexicon.
1. θερμόβουλος (Thermoboulos)
- Hot-tempered, Rash (adj.)
2. θερμόβλυστος (Thermoblustos)
- Hot-bubbling
3. θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai)
- Gates of hot-springs, Thermopylae.
Thermopylae is where the famous battle took place during the Persian Empire that inspired the Movie, 300 (2007). www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae
The soldiers of the army of Xerxes I came from all over the Persian Empire, so no doubt that the people of the Book of Ezra-Nehemiah participated, else why would they be exempt?
Thermopylae is associated with Amphictyon [ἀμφικτύον] that resembles נבוכדנצור
- נבו/ἀμφι
- כדן/κτύον
- צור/-ικός
- נבוכדנצור - Ἀμφικτυονικός (adj) "belonging to the Amphictyons"
Thermopylae
It derives its name from its hot sulphur springs.
; Following Thermopylae, the Persian army proceeded to sack and burn Plataea and Thespiae (two cities)
Compare; Genesis 14, a battle-scene near Sulphur springs (14:10).
In Genesis 14:14, a Greek word appears in the Hebrew text, חניכי (ἡνίοχοι) "charioteers" , which also the name of Heniochi, an ancient tribe inhabiting northwest shores of Colchis, ἡνίοχοι appears twice in Herodotus, chapter 7, accordingly, the Colchis practised circumcision.
Herodotus 2.104
Colchians, Egyptians and Ethiopians are the only nations that have from the first practised circumcision.
Herodotus 7.40
After these came Xerxes himself in a chariot drawn by Nesaean horses; beside him was his charioteer, whose name was Patiramphes, the son of Otanes, a Persian.
Πατιράμφης (Patiramphes) was the charioteer [חניך] of Xerxes (of the Battle of Thermopylae)
*Historical Abraham?
These wars resulted in treaties (449 BCE)
- All Greek cities of Asia were to 'live by their own laws' or 'be autonomous' (depending on translation).
Ezra 7:6
Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request.
Did the Persian allow them to live by their own laws without a treaty.
- The Peace of Callias treaty was established in 449 BCE during the reign of Artaxerxes I (Ezra 7:1)
- Cyrus is Artaxerxes I according to Josephus (Daniel 10:1) (Isaiah 45:1) (Ezra 1:2)
Callias II
Some time after the death of Cimon, probably about 449 BCE, he went to Susa to conclude with Artaxerxes I a treaty of peace which became known as the Peace of Callias. This treaty ended the Greco-Persian War and safeguarded the Greek city-states in Asia Minor from Persian attacks. Callias may also been responsible for peace treaties with Rhegion and Leontinoi, as well as the later peace treaty with Sparta known as the Thirty Years' Peace.