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Chushan-rishthaim as Chammu-rabi? I admit that I am pretty doubtful of this because the name match is maybe not possible and because Hammurabi didn't definitely rule Canaan, and so it is probably wrong, but until there is better evidence for or against this or some other match I can't help liking th...

Thats interesting. I had read claims that Nazareth wasn't a city/polis at the time of Jesus and doesn't have a synagogue, and I had thought maybe Nazareth of Jesus was Nabratein in upper Galilee not the commonly assumed "Nazareth" in lower Galilee. How much evidence is there now that it wa...

The following is a list of reasons why I favour the period of the Hebrews in Egypt between Joseph and the exodus as 430 years not "215" years. The Massoretic text of Exodus 12:40 says 430 years in Egypt. The Septuagint & Samaritan doesn't mention any "215" years, it only says...

Where did humans get 7 days week from?

Where did pluralis majesticus "us"/"we"/"our" that sovereigns etc use come from?

Thanks, that sounds interesting. From my own research it looks like alot of "early" historical church documents that are supposed to verify the Roman popes/bishops are pretty suspect veracity, but it is hard to find what date they first came up with the fake early popes list. If the pope w...

I assume that i still have problem of not being able to post long posts here, so i can't post 2 more detailed comparisons of Zephyrinus & Severus, and Callistus & Caracalla. See latest posts it the two forums topics whose links are given above (not the christian one which unfairly banned me)...

Nasor/Hazor (1 Maccabees 11:67). Arzareth (2 Esdras 13). Nozrei_ha-Brit ("keepers of the covenant"). Yeishu ha- Notzri (Maccabean times, Talmud). Notzri/Noztri ("shoot/sprout/branch"). najjar/naggar ("initiate/carpenter/mason/adept"). nasrani ("a school of small fi...

A tentative thesis paper of mine a few years ago was that Nazareth is really Nabratein in north/upper Galilee near Safed, not "Nazareth" in lower/sw Galilee. (It is claimed that the sw Nazareth wasn't around in Jesus times.) (The paper is not currently online or in public but i have rough ...

4/5 mar 31 ad "ladder formed by all wandering stars"; 15 aug 31 ad "Venus rose in sextans (included as part of leo)"; 32 ad darkness/eclipse [crucifiction] (Thallus/Africanus); / / fri 3 apr 33 ad "eclipse/blood-moon"? (19 mar-)5 apr 33 ad "Venus (& sun) rose i...

- lunar eclipse 13/15 mar 4 bc? (- conjunction of Venus & Saturn (in eastern sky) in 12 Jun 3 bc?) (- conjunction of Jupiter and Venus in Leo in 12th Aug 3 bc?) - conjunction Venus & Mercury 31 aug 3 bc? [7 conjunctions Jupiter & Regulus 3-2 bc?] - conjunction of Jupiter & Regulus in...