Abstract The tree of life in the Jewish scriptures was not original. A stylized tree was often the center of cultic scenes, with animals such as Ibex feeding on it, or people flanking it. A cylinder seal in the British Museum has a man and a woman flanking a tree, hands stretched toward it. Behind […]
Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamia pdf
The Torah Compared With Previous Ancient Law Codes – MJKruebbe
Hammurabi’s Code and the Law of Moses . Here is a photo of the top part of a stele of Hammurabi’s Code (c. 1750 BCE), now in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Hammurabi receives his right to rule from God (Shamash, seated) and places his hand over his mouth as a sign of reverent prayer. […]
A History of God – Karen Armstrong pdf
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins pdf
The Old Testament and its Authors pdf
Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
Nanna/Suen/Sin (god) Mesopotamian moon god. He was called Nanna in Sumerian, and Su’en or Sin in Akkadian. The earliest writings of both are roughly contemporary, and occur interchangeably. An additional name, which is only attested in literary texts, is Dilimbabbar. The true etymologies of both Nanna and Su’en remain unclear (Krebernik 1993-98b: 360-64). Functions Possible […]
Religion in the Ancient World
by Joshua J. Mark Religion (from the Latin Religio, meaning ‘restraint’, or Relegere, according to Cicero, meaning ‘to repeat, to read again’, or, most likely, Religionem, to show respect for what is sacred) is an organized system of beliefs and practices revolving around, or leading to, a transcendent spiritual experience. There is no culture recorded […]
Did Moses Exist – The Myth of the Israelite Law Giver – D M Murdock pdf
https://ia800401.us.archive.org/9/items/Did_Moses_Exist_The_Myth_Of_The_Israelite_Law_Giver/[D_M_Murdock]_Did_Moses_Exist_the_Myth_of_the_Isra(BookZZ.org).pdf