RE: For People Who Think There Was No Historical Jesus
March 10, 2013 at 2:23 am
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2013 at 2:34 am by EGross.)
(March 9, 2013 at 10:05 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Funny how Alexander the Great never makes it into the OT. How did 'god' miss him?
He is explicitely named in the "external" texts (Midrash Rabbah, Vayikra, for one), which is why there is a tradition among Jews to carry on his name (Alexander, Sander, Sender, Alex, Al) especially among the Kohanic lines, which began in 333BCE (according to one source that cites a date). But when the Tanach (OT) was closed, he didn't make the final edition.
One name that comes to mind is King Alexander Yanni (A Hasmonean King of ill repute), and his nicer wife, Salome Alexandra, who ruled the Jewish Kingdom around 100BCE. I'm sure there were a lot others.
Quote:As far as "Solomon" goes one need not go so far. The Assyrian king, Shalmeneser V ( the Greek rendering of his name ) was called Šulmanu-ašarid in Akkadian. Sulmanu? Solomon? Gee. I wonder where they got their inspiration from?Solomon is actually pronounced "Shlo-mo" as a smichut (contraction) of "Shalom Shelo" (His peace). Which is an irony since from the moment he was born, his father had no peace!
“I've done everything the Bible says — even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!"— Ned Flanders
