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Book of Daniel is a pretext of Ezra-Nehemiah which begins with Artaxerxes. 2 Chronicles 36:21 To fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah ... to fulfill seventy years . Daniel 9:1 - Darius the son of Ahasuerus Esther 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus Daniel 9:1 ~ In the...

This explains the term "most high" in the Bible.

The rivers suggests Eden is located in Babylon, to be more specific, Sittace. Xenophon, Anabasis 2.4.13 Then they reached the Tigris river, near which was a large and populous city named Sittace, fifteen stadia from the river. The Greeks accordingly encamped beside this city, near a large and beauti...

The first verse of Homer's Iliad reads "Sing, O Goddess" (μηνιν αειδε θεα) and similar to Genesis 1:1 "the God created" (אלהים ברא).

Thus one could say, "Who is Theos in the Greek Pantheon" because El and Theos are interchangeable..

Book of Jude should be called Book of Judas. Jude and Judas are both Ἰούδας. In fact in the Vulgate he is called Iudas and Yehudah in HNV.

Thomas Didymus Judas?

One thing that bothers me about New translations of New Testament, they don't restore the names, for example Jacob (Ιάκωβος) in Mark 1:19 is called James in the KJV, NKJV, NLT, ASV, DBY, HNV, RSV, WEB, YLT, NIV, ESV, CSB, NET, BBE, NASB20, NASB95.

What is the reason behind this?

One guess is that Noah (נח) means ναύτης; seaman, sailor. = ναυτικός

Genesis 7:7 Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood Genesis 7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ...

προφάτας נביא one who speaks for a god and interprets his will to man. interpreter, expounder of the utterances of the μάντις This explains why Moses was never titled prophet because he was the μάντις (משה, מנשה) but his brother was. Exodus 7:1 The Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god ...

2 Samuel 8:17 Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests and Seraiah was the scribe (LXX. Ασα ὁ γραμματεύς) 1 Chronicles 18:16 Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe (LXX. Σουσα γραμματεὺς) 2 Samuel 20:2...