Tag: babylonian
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Are the 70 weeks of Daniel and Jeremiah prophecies about the Babylonian exile of the 6th century BC or about the age of the Messiah?
Jeremiah ostensibly predicted that Israel would be destroyed and be in captivity to Babylon for 70 years: [Jer 25:11 NLT] 11 This entire land will become a desolate wasteland. Israel and her neighboring lands will serve the king of Babylo…
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NTEB RADIO BIBLE STUDY: Christmas As We Celebrate It Today Is A Roman Catholic Invention Rooted Deep Within Ancient Celtic, Norse And Babylonian Traditions
The truth about Advent Season at Christmas is just one of the many pillars of that multiheaded beast known as the Roman Catholic Church Many Christians are blissfully unaware that many if not all of the Christmas traditions they know and love are actually official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Take the very popular…
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How can there be Babylonian ideas in the Samaritan Torah if the Samaritans were never exiled?
In the Torah, the first five books of the bible, there are various narratives that bear strong resemblance to various Babylonians myths. Notably the story of creation, Adam and Eve, and the flood all have Babylonian precursors. These are d…
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Would the Judeans in Babylonian exile have learnt to write “Cush” to mean Mesopotamia?
When did the cuneiform literature use the term “Cush” to refer to all or part of Mesopotamia, as happens in Genesis, if ever? Why does this matter? In the Pentateuch, “Cush” seems only to refer to Mesopotamia, but all subsequent Biblical…