Today’s story concerns the killing of 185,000 Assyrian soldiers by an angel of Yahweh in a single night. One of the most famous military campaigns undertaken by the Assyrian king Sennacherib is his “Third War” against the kingdoms to …
In today’s post, I would like to draw attention to one of the aspects of the functionality of the Ark of the Covenant, which was the ability for the Israelites to talk to the Lord. According to the Bible, the Lord/Creator appeared to the Israelit…
The Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh describes the search for the secret or source of immortality by the legendary Uruk (or Unug) king Gilgamesh. The epic is based on earlier Sumerian tales about this ruler. Gilgamesh’s traveling companion and friend E…
Contrary to the accepted view, the story of the global flood is not just a biblical event, but has sources in most religions and societies around the world. This gives strong indications that the Flood actually happened, flooding most of the then exist…
In today’s post, I would like to take a closer look at one of the radical reformers or rather heretics of ancient Egypt, who turned the beliefs of the Egyptians of that time upside down. There is a hypothetical justification for saying that he is…
I took up the subject of Cain and Abel a few weeks ago, in the context of Cain killing Abel and his subsequent wanderings, crossing the ocean to a new land in South America, and building a city named after his son Enoch. In today’s post, I decide…
In today’s post, I decided to take an in-depth look at the origins of the first people – Adam and Eve. While reading the Bible, as one of my most interesting and extensive sources, but not the only one, I came across a dissonance related to…
In today’s post, I’d like to take a closer look at another biblical figure who experienced a strange revelation that was interpreted by biblical scholars as a dream. Jacob (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Jaʿăqōḇ, Jaʿaqov, Arabic: يعقوب, Jaʿqūb, from aqeb…