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Author : Walter Mattfeld
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780557705160
Several pre-biblical protagonists appearing in Mesopotamian myths are identified as being fused together and recast as the Garden of Eden's serpent.
Author : Walter Mattfeld
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780557885305
Scholarly proposals are presented for the pre-biblical origin in Mesopotamian myths of the Garden of Eden story. Some Liberal PhD scholars (1854-2010) embracing an Anthropological viewpoint have proposed that the Hebrews have recast earlier motifs appearing in Mesopotamian myths. Eden's garden is understood to be a recast of the gods' city-gardens in the Sumerian Edin, the floodplain of Lower Mesopotamia. It is understood that the Hebrews in the book of Genesis are refuting the Mesopotamian account of why Man was created and his relationship with his Creators (the gods and goddesses). They deny that Man is a sinner and rebel because he was made in the image of gods and goddesses who were themselves sinners and rebels, who made man to be their agricultural slave to grow and harvest their food and feed it to them in temple sacrifices thereby ending the need of the gods to toil for their food in the city-gardens of Edin in ancient Sumer.
Author : John Day
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567703118
John Day investigates disputed points of interpretation within Genesis 1-11, expanding on his earlier book From Creation to Babel with 11 stimulating essays. Day considers the texts within their Near Eastern contexts, and pays particular attention to the later history of interpretation and reception history. Topics covered include the meaning of the Bible's first verse and what immediately follows, as well as what it means that humanity is made in the image of God. Further chapters examine the Garden of Eden, the background and role of the serpent and the ambiguous role of Wisdom; the many problems of interpretation in the Cain and Abel story, as well as what gave rise to this story; how the Covenant with Noah and the Noachic commandments, though originally separate, became conflated in some later Jewish thought; and the location of 'Ur of the Chaldaeans', Abraham's alleged place of origin, and how this was later misinterpreted by Jewish, Christian and Islamic sources as referring to a 'fiery furnace of the Chaldaeans'. These chapters, which illuminate the meaning, background and subsequent interpretation of the Book of Genesis, pave the way for Day's forthcoming ICC commentary on Genesis 1-11.
Author : Elisée Reclus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Geography
ISBN : UCAL:$C171533
Author : Thomas William Doane
Publisher : Pantianos Classics
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : History
ISBN : IND:39000005817627
Thomas Doane's thorough examination of Old and New Testament Biblical myths and legends, drawing parallels to stories belonging to older traditions, such as those of ancient Egypt. The central purpose of the text is to unite, in a single compendium, analysis of all the Bible myths which bear resemblance to earlier tales. Doane's system is practical; the myths are recounted, examined and compared against their apparent forebears in chronological order. The purpose is to demonstrate that religions share much in common with one another; while their themes and the names of figures change, the character of the tales and legends remains similar or even identical across centuries of lore. At the outset, Doane acknowledges that very little of this book is entirely original; what is special and unique to this work is its arrangement, and the systematic, readable manner in which the subject is tackled. Each chapter is amply annotated, that the reader may consult both the Bible and surviving texts of other religious works, plus previous scholarly researches into ancient mythologies. Perhaps most controversially, Doane focuses upon the tale of Christ. His birthplace, the events in which he was involved, the subject and message of his sermons, and his untimely death upon the crucifix are shown to mirror aspects of previous stories concerned prophets or holy men of other religious traditions.
Author : Ewa Wasilewska
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1853026816
This comprehensive study explores the region's 'forgotten' narratives, myths and traditions. Drawing on stories from Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Syria-Palestine and Persia, Wasilewska shows how these narratives of creation, destruction and rebirth reach to the very roots of the Biblical and Quranic Genesis.
Author : Elisée Reclus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Asia
ISBN : HARVARD:HNSZGY
Author : Catherine Obianuju Acholonu
Publisher : Chinazor Onianwah
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
"EDEN IN SUMER ON THE NIGER" provides archeological, linguistic, genetic, and inscribed evidence of the West African origin of mankind, language, religion and civilization. It provides multidisciplinary evidence of the actual geographical location in West Africa of the Garden of Eden, Atlantis and the original homeland of the Sumerian people before their migration to the "Middle East". By translating hitherto unknown pre-cuneiform inscriptions of the Sumerians, Catherine Acholonu and Sidney Davis have uncovered thousands of years of Africa's lost pre-history and evidences of the West African origins of the earliest Pharaohs and Kings of Egypt and Sumer such as Menes and Sargon the Great. This book provides answers to all lingering questions about the African Cavemen (Igbos/Esh/Adamas/Adites) original guardians of the human races, Who gave their genes for the creation of Homo Sapiens (Adam) and were the teachers in the First Age of the world.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015068363103
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Author : Eve Wood-Langford
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781452058054
Can the concept of original sin truly be founded on the beautiful Genesis creation story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden? Only if the story is misinterpreted in terms of literal truth which entails belief in an articulate serpent. But when the story is interpreted as myth-history - not literal history - this important myth records a unique, fundamental and uplifting event in the human story. The garden paradise pre-dates the written Old Testament, having circulated in Abraham's country of Mesopotamia in the second millennium BC incorporated in some of the world's oldest literature: the epic poem of Gilgamesh. Behind the naked figures of Adam and Eve stands an earlier naked couple whose 'history' should certainly be preserved in Genesis. However, interpretation of this 'history' in literal terms and from the standpoint of monotheism turns that ancient 'history' on its head. During its long life the story of the first man to enter the garden paradise has been interpreted differently from at least four differing standpoints: Mesopotamian polytheism, the revolution of patriarchal monotheism, Christian monotheism, and the standpoint of science. At its origins, however, this priceless 'history' had nothing to do with the origin of sin. On the contrary, that interpretation throws the baby out with the bathwater. Look at the story in terms of myth, and in sympathy with its integral guiding images of serpent and tree and the garden reveals its long-buried treasure of truth.
Author : Frederick Guttmann
Publisher : Frederick Guttmann
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The origins of the world, do we really know them? The rebellion of Satan, a theme that has given rise to a large number of legends, books and fables over the centuries. Preconceptions about how evil started and if anyone is running it are present in every self-respecting ancient story. How did the man appear? In addition to providing new insights in this regard, Project Magen, by the hand of this researcher, will focus its attention in this case on the figure of said shadowy character and the roots of knowledge about the appearance of man, both by reviewing the narratives that are have hovered around these aspects as in the information that we have been able to obtain and document, in order to have an objective and analytical notion in another of the great topics of debate, controversy and religion that interests seekers of truth so much. That Devil would be a name of Greek origin, "diabolos", which would mean "accuser" or "slanderer". So far there isn't much we don't already know. And what about Lucifer? The Sakla Rebellion II will also deal with the famous Adam and Eve affair. As some may already know, the name Satan is the transformation that the Hebrew word "Satan" took over time, which simply means "adversary" in that language. The general consensus accepts, or agrees, that Satan is the Devil himself. It is also assumed to be another name for the same person. Lucifer would be a Latin appellation arising from "the deformation of another deformation" -or simply the form that Jerome used in the Vulgate-, in this case from "Luzbel", an abbreviation of "Beautiful Light" -it is usually affirmed-. If anyone wonders, what reason would it take to give this pseudonym to said figure? Well, the first thing is the general costumbrismo that associates Satan with Venus (the celestial body that is said to shine the brightest on Earth after the Sun, the Moon and the triple star Sirius) and, of course, with the biblical passage that seems to mention him (Isaiah 14:12), calling him "Morning Star", if we accept the translation of Reina Valera.
Author : R. A. Boulay
Publisher : Book Tree
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999-07
Category : Bible
ISBN : 1885395388
A highly original work that deals a shattering blow to all our preconceived notions about our past and human origins. Worldwide legends refer to giant flying lizards and dragons that came to this planet and founded the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China. Who were these reptilian creatures? What was the real reason for mans creation? Why did Adam lose his chance at immortality in the Garden of Eden? Who were the Nefilim who descended from heaven and mated with human women? Why did the serpent take such a bad rap in history? Why didnt Adam and Eve wear clothes? What were the crystals or stones that the gods fought over? Why did the ancient Sumerians call their major gods USHUMGAL, which means literally great fiery, flying serpent? What were the boats of heaven in ancient Egypt and the sky chariots of the Bible? This book tells it all.
Author : Keith Chandler
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780595205509
The indispensable classic for understanding the origin and nature of civilization and why Western, Indian, Chinese and Mesoamerican societies developed such virtually incompatible worldviews.
Author : Martin Hinde
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781800468801
Massive in scope, hugely detailed and meticulously researched. In this work the bestselling author of ‘Children of Eden’ takes his readership onto a whole new level of understanding about Western Spirituality.
Author : Tryggve N. D. Mettinger
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575065861
In a book marked by unusually readable yet academic style, Mettinger transforms our knowledge of the story of Eden in Genesis. He shows us a story focused on a divine test of human obedience, with human disobedience and its consequences as its main theme. Both of the special trees in Eden had a function: the tree of knowledge as the test case, and the tree of life as the potential reward for obedience. Mettinger adopts a two-tiered approach. In a synchronic move, he understakes a literary analysis that yields striking observations on narratology, theme, and genre in the text studied. He defines the genre as myth and subjects the narrative to a functional analysis. He then applies a diachronic approach and presents a tradition-historical reconstruction of an Adamic myth in Ezekiel 28. The presence of both wisdom and immortality in this myth leads to a discussion of these divine prerogatives in Mesopotamian literature (remember Adapa and Gilgamesh). The two prerogatives demarcated an ontological boundary between the divine and human spheres. Nevertheless, the Eden Narrative does not evaluate the human desire to obtain knowledge or wisdom negatively. A piece of fresh, original scholarship in accessible form, this book is ideal for courses on creation, primeval history, the Bible and literature, and the Bible and the ancient Near East.
