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by ConfusedEnoch
Tue Apr 05, 2022 4:05 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Who is 'El' in the Semitic Pantheon (in Coastal Egypt), c.400-300 BC?
Replies: 10
Views: 3452

Re: Who is 'El' in the Semitic Pantheon (in Coastal Egypt), c.400-300 BC?

[Ri]b Hadda says to his lord, king of all countries, Great King: May the Lady of Gubla grant power to my lord. I fall at the feet of my lord, my Sun, 7 times and 7 times. May the king, my lord, know that Gubla (ie: Byblos), the maidservant of the king from ancient times, is safe and sound . The war...
by ConfusedEnoch
Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:12 pm
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: Nuh's Wife
Replies: 8
Views: 25598

Re: Nuh's Wife

One guess is that Noah (נח) means ναύτης; seaman, sailor. = ναυτικός Interesting, I had also come to the same conclusion. Since the Noah myth is almost universally found throughout the world, it would make sense for the word "Noah" to have a connection to ships or seamen in all of these l...
by ConfusedEnoch
Sun Mar 27, 2022 2:34 am
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: Nuh's Wife
Replies: 8
Views: 25598

Re: Nuh's Wife

"Nuh," suh, is how residents of the US s'uthern states pronounce "Noah." No doubt, time travel must have occurred to transfer that usage back to Medieval Islamic scholars. On this board, this is equivalent to being a "Proven Fact" and thus can be used as building block...
by ConfusedEnoch
Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:12 am
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: Nuh's Wife
Replies: 8
Views: 25598

Re: Nuh's Wife

Salib is such a bizarre name for Shem's wife to have... It's supposed to mean "Cross" in Arabic and as a verb "Crucify", but also connected to Akkadian ṣalāpu meaning "To impale" also used for foreigners. However, it is a very ancient name in the Levant specifically, al...
by ConfusedEnoch
Sun Mar 13, 2022 4:04 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: The Two Genesis Creation Stories
Replies: 24
Views: 50609

Re: The Two Genesis Creation Stories

The authors of Genesis were Phoenicians, ... Nonsense. The Phoenicians practiced old-time Semitic religion instead of YHWH-only worship. Like most other old-time religions, it was polytheistic, featuring several deities. BTW, the Bible is very unhistorical about that, portraying worship of YHWH onl...
by ConfusedEnoch
Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:57 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Fear of Isaac
Replies: 3
Views: 1797

Re: Fear of Isaac

Oh and another fun parallel is one that explains Isaac's name. Ugaritic texts dating from the 13th century BCE refer to the benevolent smile of the Canaanite deity El with epithets like D-H-K or TS-H-KH referencing his laugh.
by ConfusedEnoch
Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:56 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Fear of Isaac
Replies: 3
Views: 1797

Re: Fear of Isaac

Apollo, Abelios, Baal. Why did most civilizations have to add this story of a quasi-human character defeating the All-Father and taking his power (And even his title) ? Was Cronus a bad god? Was El? No. But they represented something that we humans no longer have need of. The God of Time is the Crea...
by ConfusedEnoch
Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:22 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Fear of Isaac
Replies: 3
Views: 1797

Re: Fear of Isaac

I find it interesting that this name is only found once in the entirety of the Bible, and is mysteriously treated like a proper noun as if it's some sort of popular allegory like Lamb of God or Son of Man. It also doesn't really make sense when looking at the context of this chapter. Isaac was never...
by ConfusedEnoch
Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:08 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Judges 7:1
Replies: 3
Views: 3428

Re: Judges 7:1

Do you think Harod/Aretas has something to do with the "island" of Aradus mentioned by Strabo beside Tylos as the land of origin of the Phoenicians?

To me, Aradus and Aretas sound awfully similar.
by ConfusedEnoch
Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:11 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Good resources on ancient Jewish demonology?
Replies: 11
Views: 6640

Re: Good resources on ancient Jewish demonology?

As far as I know, "demons" are virtually non-existent in ancient Israelite religion. The oldest quasi-demon I know of is Beelzebub and that one has a complex and idiosyncratic story. Originally a Philistine equivalent of "Baal" with the name Baal-berit (Lord of the Covenant), his...