Originally posted by FreakyKBHhttp://karaites-beth-shalom.org/alephbeth.htm
Just out of morbid curiosity, is this what you are on about in reference to the "Ox-Goad?"
Aleph-Lammed-Hay-Yod-Mem
Aleph : infinite, timeless, intermittant, sign of the unknowable, creation
Lammed : organic movement, functional, existent
Hay : archetype of Life itself
Yod : existence, duration in time, foundation of actuality
Mem : maternal wat ...[text shortened]... much enlightenment:
http://www.homestead.com/bibleorigins*net/YahwehsBovineFormsImages.html
and this pne too:
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Pictograms/pictograms.html
read the excerpt from the story of aqhat:
http://www.biblicalheritage.org/Bible%20Studies/canaan-gods.htm
and oh this is cool Baal was a rain god lol
lol gods wife?
and son ?
ASHERAH and her sons shouted, the goddess and her pride of lions: "But BAAL has not house like the other gods, no court like ASHERAH's sons: EL's home, his son's shelter, lady ASHERAH-OF-THE-SEA's home, the home of the beautiful brides, the home of PIDRAY, maid of light, the shelter of TALLAY, maid of rain, the home of ARSAY, maid of floods." But EL, the kind, the compassionate replied . . "Let a house like the other gods be built for BAAL, a court like ASHERAH's sons." And lady ASHERAH-OF-THE-SEA replied: "You are great EL, you are truly wise; your gray beard truly instructs you . . .Now BAAL will begin the rainy season, the season of wadis in flood; flash his lightning to the earth.
Originally posted by ivanhoeOf course you don't, you don't realize how much of a struggle the leaders of the Israelites had getting their people out of the temples of Baal and Asteroth. So why did they choose the father god of the Canaanites' name for their gods name?
I cannot see any reason why "EL" is unacceptable, apart from the PR reasons here and there mentioned in this thread.
Originally posted by frogstompPlease, tell me.
Of course you don't, you don't realize how much of a struggle the leaders of the Israelites had getting their people out of the temples of Baal and Asteroth. So why did they choose the father god of the Canaanites' name for their gods name?
Originally posted by ivanhoeExcept that the Akkadians , the Israelites and the Canaanites all spoke semetic languages, giving rise to the impression that they all were native to Canaan, I really don't know. The Sumerians spoke an Indo-European language , but where they came from and what happened to them are mysteries. My own guess is they came from eastern Europe and western Turkey and were assimilated into the Akkadian culture over time.
Please, tell me.
Originally posted by frogstompGreat .... and what now ?
Except that the Akkadians , the Israelites and the Canaanites all spoke semetic languages, giving rise to the impression that they all were native to Canaan, I really don't know. The Sumerians spoke an Indo-European language , but where they came from and what happened to them are mysteries. My own guess is they came from eastern Europe and western Turkey and were assimilated into the Akkadian culture over time.
Originally posted by ivanhoeNo, just people that formed the first civilization. The first culture that had writing, to go along with a fairly large network of cities. It's thieir writing that makes us consider them as having the first civilization.
Let me guess ..... uuuuh ..... The Sumerians were baaaaaad people .... Right ? ... or maybe the Arcadians (the Akkadians ... ?) were ?
Originally posted by ivanhoeOh no!
Let me guess ..... uuuuh ..... The Sumerians were baaaaaad people .... Right ? ... or maybe the Arcadians (the Akkadians ... ?) were ?
I'm guessing froggy's going in the opposite direction. The Sumerians were guuud people - until those conniving and theiving Jews stole their language, their god(s) and their women. Then the Jews destroyed this advanced and peaceful civilisation with their monotheistic delusions - sort of like the Holocaust (but in reverse and 3,000 years early).
Right, froggy?