Re: What are you reading?
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 5:02 pm
Is Solomon’s Glory Based on the Assyrian Shalmaneser III’s Exploits? – part 1
https://vridar.org/2020/10/31/is-solomo ... ts-part-1/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalmaneser_III
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shalmaneser-III
This forum discusses that Solomon was a composite of several Kings (which is not atypical of how ancient texts were written.
https://groups.io/g/AncientBibleHistory/topic/75480993
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An Author by the name of James Rappai wrote a book called, The Bible Came From Syria (in 2004,) though I've not read it. He might actually have been arguing that the original Holy Land was Syria, which might align with ancient antiquity. It doesn't look like the book had much traction though.
One example of a temple in a very similar layout to Solomon is a Hitite ruin, called, Ain Dara (archaeological site).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain_Dara_ ... ical_site)
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I might have been getting slightly mixed up with the New Testament (which of course was based in the Syrian dialect of Aramaic, hence some confusion with the Old Testament and Syriac, namely with their version of the Bible, called Peshitta. Most of the Old Testament is without a doubt written in Hebrew from what we know of it, though many books over time have adapted differently based on the adoption of the traditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_ve ... _the_Bible
The first books were written there: "Syria played an important or even predominant role in the beginning of Christianity. Here is where the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of Luke, the Didache, Ignatiana, and the Gospel of Thomas are believed to have been written."
Also, for some strange reason, :
"The meadow outside the small village of Dabiq, Syria is a strange setting for one of the final battles of the Islamic apocalypse. Although close to the Turkish border, “Dabiq is not important militarily” observed a leader in the Syria opposition."
https://vridar.org/2020/10/31/is-solomo ... ts-part-1/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalmaneser_III
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shalmaneser-III
This forum discusses that Solomon was a composite of several Kings (which is not atypical of how ancient texts were written.
https://groups.io/g/AncientBibleHistory/topic/75480993
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An Author by the name of James Rappai wrote a book called, The Bible Came From Syria (in 2004,) though I've not read it. He might actually have been arguing that the original Holy Land was Syria, which might align with ancient antiquity. It doesn't look like the book had much traction though.
One example of a temple in a very similar layout to Solomon is a Hitite ruin, called, Ain Dara (archaeological site).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain_Dara_ ... ical_site)
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I might have been getting slightly mixed up with the New Testament (which of course was based in the Syrian dialect of Aramaic, hence some confusion with the Old Testament and Syriac, namely with their version of the Bible, called Peshitta. Most of the Old Testament is without a doubt written in Hebrew from what we know of it, though many books over time have adapted differently based on the adoption of the traditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_ve ... _the_Bible
The first books were written there: "Syria played an important or even predominant role in the beginning of Christianity. Here is where the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of Luke, the Didache, Ignatiana, and the Gospel of Thomas are believed to have been written."
Also, for some strange reason, :
"The meadow outside the small village of Dabiq, Syria is a strange setting for one of the final battles of the Islamic apocalypse. Although close to the Turkish border, “Dabiq is not important militarily” observed a leader in the Syria opposition."