1. Introduction 1.1. Christians often assert that their fundamental proof for the existence of god is based on these four basic ideas:– – Their personal relationship with god – – The bible – – The god’s acts and miracles and – – the god frame of reference Whilst we cannot prove whether the first point […]
Ham (Noah)
10 Ways The Bible Was Influenced By Other Religions – MELLOSON ALLEN*
If you are among the approximately 32 percent of the world population that considers themselves Christian, you were probably raised to believe that the Bible was written in some sort of historical vacuum—the various authors being inspired by God alone and having no outside influences whatsoever. However, the many books that make up the Bible […]
The Craziest Bible Stories – Aubry Sitterson
The Bible is long. Really long and really detailed, so much so that many of its most devoted proponents have never actually read the entire thing cover to cover. So, it should come as no surprise that among all the extensive genealogies, miraculous doings, and inspirational metaphors, there’s some absolutely bonkers stuff in there.Here are […]
Castration of Ouranos and the Drunkenness of Noah
This post complements my previous one about the Ham “seeing his father’s nakedness” story developing in three stages: Originally the story was an adaption of the myths of the youngest son castrating his father (the motive: to maintain an inheritance) Then it was more delicately shifted to a story of illicit sex And finally […]
African, Americans, Ambivalence and Antisemitism – Harold Brackman – pdf
From Noah’s Curse to Slavery’s Rationale – Felicia R. Lee
“As stories go, this one has all the elements of good soap opera: nudity, sex and dysfunctional families”. For many scholars, though, the enigmatic tale in Genesis 9 describing how Noah cursed the descendants of his son Ham with servitude remains a way to explore the complex origins of the concept of race: how and […]