Original Sin, or the belief that we are laden with wickedness due to Adam and Eve’s defiance of God in the Garden of Eden, is a pillar of most world religions. Infamously, the ‘fall of man’ (as it is often dubbed) came about when the first lady, and her man, succumbed to the temptation of […]
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Ebla–biblical controversy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ebla–biblical controversy refers to the disagreements between scholars regarding a possible connection between the Syrian city of Ebla and the Bible. At the beginning of the Ebla’s tablets deciphering process in the 1970s, Giovanni Pettinato made claims about a connection. However, much of the initial media excitement about a supposed Eblaite connection with the […]
The Ebla Tablets and the Abraham Tradition David Noel Freedman(GOOD INFO NOT SURE HOW ACCURATE)
This was no accidental discovery in the sense that so many great finds of the past were made by people with no training or experience, who either were looking for something else or not for anything at all when they came upon some priceless treasure of antiquity. It is well known that a couple of […]
Discovery of an Ancient City In Syria Called ELBA ‘Sensational’ – By Alvin Shuster
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Ebla ANCIENT CITY, SYRIA
WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica See Article History Alternative Titles: Tall Mardīkh, Tell Mardikh Ebla, modern Tall Mardīkh, also spelled Tell Mardikh, ancient city 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Aleppo in northwestern Syria. During the height of its power (c. 2600–2240 BC), Ebla dominated northern Syria, Lebanon, and parts of northern Mesopotamia […]