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- Tue May 10, 2022 8:51 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Egyptian Pelusium, on the map: an ancient 'Jewish' town?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2411
Re: Zeus Kasios, at Pelusion
Perhaps not in this context, but Zeus Kasios is exactly and uncontroversially the same as Baal Hadad of Ugarit. In his triumphant form. His pre-triumphant form is represented by Adonis. For the Greeks, Adonis IS Hadad. Zeus Kasios is a concession to Ugarit's recognition of Hadad as Zeus. I apprecia...
- Mon May 09, 2022 6:52 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Critical Study on Chronology of the Ancient World
- Replies: 43
- Views: 63709
Re: Fomenko, a Neo-Soviet Propagandist
According to wiki - and I wouldnt waste another minute of my time reading this nutbar - A. Fomenko insists "the lands west of the 13 colonies that now constitute the American West and Middle West were a far eastern part of 'Siberian-American Empire' prior to its disintegration in 1775, and many...
- Mon May 09, 2022 5:06 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Ancient Egyptian Medicine
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2837
Ancient Egyptian Medicine
Summary essay, accessible content
https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-egyptian-medicine/
https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-egyptian-medicine/
- Mon May 09, 2022 5:21 am
- Forum: Other Texts and History
- Topic: Ten Oldest Known Sculptures
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2840
Ten Oldest Known Sculptures
Prehistoric artifacts tell stories:
https://listverse.com/2022/04/30/ten-ol ... the-world/
https://listverse.com/2022/04/30/ten-ol ... the-world/
- Sat May 07, 2022 7:59 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Did Moses Exist? The Myth of the Israelite Lawgiver
- Replies: 50
- Views: 85915
Re: Dating the Hyksos Expulsion to the Thera Eruption (1538 BC)
https://volcanodiscovery.de/uploads/pics/minoischespanorama_09.jpg Timeline: 1800 - 1720: Canaanites arrive in northern Egypt 1650: Hyksos take over (date uncertain) 1630 - 1600: Thera caldera eruption 1550: Hyksos expelled by Ahmose (Akh Moshe, "Brother of Moses"?)... The record is poor....
- Fri May 06, 2022 6:47 pm
- Forum: Other Texts and History
- Topic: First C. Roman Bust purchased at Goodwill, USD 34.99
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1939
First C. Roman Bust purchased at Goodwill, USD 34.99
Update: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ancient-roman-bust-returns-germany-trnd/index.html Goodwill is a charity shop, mostly junk, cheap tat. This lost&found item once belonged to the German Emperor, left Nazi Germany as American war booty. Strange story! https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
- Fri May 06, 2022 7:21 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Anagogy: a 1st C. Jewish account of what that would involve?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1828
Topic: Jewish Anagoge ; Anatole/Zemach - The Redeemer, Savior
Anagogy, c.25 AD and before 100 AD. 'Raising' thru Re-Making, a Conscious Process : On "the arising" (a variation of the 'leaving behind' through Spiritual Rebirth), see Philo's discussion in De Confusione Linguarum , 62-3: I have heard also an oracle from the lips of one of the Mosaic di...
- Wed May 04, 2022 7:50 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Egyptian Pelusium, on the map: an ancient 'Jewish' town?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2411
Re: Egyptian Pelusium, on the map
WORKBOOK: The Battle of Pelusium (525 BCE) was famous as 'The Battle of the Cats': the Jews and their cats! (Note: ancient Pelusium was certainly verdant.) https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/1200x627/13914.jpg The Latin 'Pelusium' comes from the Greek Πηλούσιον (Pelousion), presumably translated f...
- Tue May 03, 2022 8:25 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Egyptian Pelusium, on the map: an ancient 'Jewish' town?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2411
Egyptian Pelusium, on the map: an ancient 'Jewish' town?
Specifically: the settlement and its population, neighboring cities, its commerce and strategic significance, and as a Jewish town . Big picture. Pelusion = Pelusium. https://www.ancientportsantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Nila3Deltas.png J. Rennell's reconstruction of Herodotus' outline, re...
- Mon May 02, 2022 4:00 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Hypothetic first narrative about Christ the savior
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4145
Re: Dating Your Dates
Here we are remembered that Marcion's docetism was opposed also by Basilides and Cerinthus, not only by mere catholics and/or Judaizers. Impossible. Basilides {c.135 AD: c.Age 70 or Dead} and Cerinthus: Dead at the time Marcion became controversial (c.135 AD) could not and certainly did not oppose ...