(December 24, 2018 at 9:16 pm)Bucky Ball Wrote:Quote:Nope.
Yahweh came from the Babylonian pantheon.
El Elyon was the chief Babylonian deity. Yahweh was one of his many sons.
The Elohim was the council of gods, (which is why the word in Genesis is translated "us" as in "Let *us* make man in our image" ... it's plural.
Countless writings over the centuries have discussed this "us" and what it means.
Read "The Origins of Satan" ... Dr. Elaine Pagels, Princeton
It's not even close to being a question.
Take Comparative Mythology 101.
Many things in Genesis came from Babylon. The Judean priests wrote it in Exile, in Babylon.
Ezra brought it back with him, as described in Nehemiah.
Merry Christmas.
Quote:Tis your opinion dude. When you have a beginning to something, nothing else comes before it in its context. But to be fair, we would just go around in circles over which is first, so happy to agree to disagree.
No actually it's supported by countless scholars, including the one cited here.
Obviously you have no background in the subject.
Your "beginning" (not-even) argument is hilarious. It's the same as saying we have to accept the first Sherlock Holmes, is the first time London is ever mentioned. LOL.
Total fail. The use of syncretic material in ancient Near eastern literature is a well-known fact.
Even most people on the street have heard the flood had a precursor in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
To be fair, you are not competent to even BEGIN to discuss the subject.
Merry Christmas.
Actually I do have a background in it. But honestly, it will just go round-n-round. If you don't feel that it will, then I'm happy to discuss it with you independently and we can exchange sources.
If you want to challenge my credentials, then I'll be glad to lay them out before an unbiased public panel with you present, and if you can negate them, then I'll buy you a pony. If not, sorry about your luck. Still, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.