RE: Get In The Ark Before It Is Too Late!!!
June 28, 2014 at 4:11 pm
(This post was last modified: June 28, 2014 at 4:12 pm by Confused Ape.)
(June 28, 2014 at 3:49 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Could the Bible writers' practices of using aliases for the main characters be a method of protecting them from evil forces?
So that's what people in the 1st century were doing when they changed Jewish names into the Greek versions. The same thing must have applied when Greek speakers/writers changed the Egyptian Anpu into Anubis - they didn't want the god of embalming to come after them.
(June 28, 2014 at 3:49 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: A lot of the Bible characters used aliases, including Jesus.
They did? Please provide links to reputable sources giving this information. It sounds fascinating.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?