The Universal God The Influence of Exile Nehemiah and Ezra Judaism and Zoroastrianism Ahuramazda and Yehouah Eschatology Holy Spirits and Saviours Purity A Law for the Priests The traditional view is that Cyrus and successive Persian kings of the sixth and fifth centuries BC were being religiously liberal in allowing the Jews to reconstruct their […]
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Men. Woman and Gods – Helen H. Gardener (Intro by Robert G. Ingersoll) pdf
The Old Testament, Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend and Law – Vol 1 – Sir James George Frazer – pdf
Contradictions in the Bible – Dr. Steven DiMattei
Identified verse by verse and explained using the most up-to-date scholarly information about the Bible, its texts, and the men who wrote them — CONTRADICTIONS IN GENESIS CONTRADICTIONS IN EXODUS CONTRADICTIONS IN LEVITICUS CONTRADICTIONS IN NUMBERS CONTRADICTIONS IN DEUTERONOMY #147. Who writes the laws and commandments on stone tablets: Moses OR Yahweh? (Ex 24:4, 34:28 […]
The Great Epic of Israel – Amos Kidder
The Ass in the Lions Skin pdf
Fables of Ancient Israel Now Being Dissected – John Tiffany
Researchers are weighing the accuracy of the reigns of King Solomon and King David against archaeological and scientific data just recently discovered. These scholars are coming up with some very interesting conclusions. Many Christian religious scholars, such as noted author Thomas L. Thompson, think the history of Palestine and its peoples is very different […]
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 […]
Fraud in the Bible
What is Pious Fraud? Pious fraud was a common technique employed by early Christian writers to make a point. Their intention was to convert anyone and everyone by any means available. One of the more persuasive methods was to write a text and falsely tell others that it was written in first person. For example, […]