RE: Brahma and Abraham
September 18, 2020 at 10:10 am
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2020 at 10:17 am by GrandizerII.)
(September 18, 2020 at 9:01 am)Angrboda Wrote:(September 15, 2020 at 7:08 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: FWIW, the authors contention is that the characters are based on each other, and others, in effect - based on ideas commonly popular to more than one tradition known in the ANE. Which is....exactly how syncretism works....it's not a unilateral flow of influence, or plagiarism.
Based on characters (specific) and based on ideas (general) are two different things. I believe Grandizer is suggesting you are arguing the former based on the latter.
I mean it's more that I'm addressing specifically the thesis in the quoted OP that the character Abraham is influenced by the character of Brahma. Yes, the author does talk about how Abraham also influences Hindu notions, but that is neither here nor there. This whole linking Abraham to Brahma (and vice versa) is a stretch, given the elaborations in the OP itself but also given the lack of scholarly work confirming the validity of these claims.
It would be more apt to compare Jehovah to Brahma, considering they are both divine, but even that should require some evidence for the causal link.
