I would agree with you that it was a grave error. Never leave people with nothing to loose. People with hope are a lot easier to deal with. In the specific...
10031
Richard
gauiscaecilius
Aug 1, 2003 11:53 am
One of the few things to be said for modern apocalyptic war is the generals and politicians know that they are liable to die along with every one else. It does...
10032
Richard
gauiscaecilius
Aug 1, 2003 12:04 pm
It is minor technical details like these that make me more than suspect that when finally written down not all details were still known. The Jews were...
10033
highseas50
Aug 1, 2003 3:34 pm
... Fiction. Thanks, Richard! Alas, I'm one of the four writers on earth who doesn't have a web site, but if I decide to set one up I'll definitely link it...
10034
junosnuffink
Aug 1, 2003 4:22 pm
So whichever nation has the fastest delivery system wins then, gulp, oh I do so hope they've given him a rubber button then. Interesting tho that we ain't...
10035
Richard
gauiscaecilius
Aug 1, 2003 4:51 pm
I don't think either side wins just one loses first. Still it did stop Nato and the Warsaw pack from starting any wars in Europ for 50 years which as a...
10036
junosnuffink
Aug 1, 2003 5:08 pm
And on a quick search for below found some other tidbits In 650 the Khazars, a new group formed from a mixture of Turks, Bulgars (Huns) and Caucasians, formed...
10037
khakiberetman
Aug 1, 2003 6:32 pm
Indeed the Byzantines were very much on the defensive during those years, but their interest in cities was eminently strategic: they were gifted at ...
10038
me-in-@...
caesariensis
Aug 1, 2003 7:35 pm
... From : Richard <gauiscaecilius@...> Date : 01 August 2003 12:53:25 One of the few things to be said for modern apocalyptic war is the ... .... I...
10039
me-in-@...
caesariensis
Aug 1, 2003 7:53 pm
As I understand it, the Bible we know in its myriad translations was compiled during the 60 years in Babylon. The compilers were at pains to distinguish...
10040
jachthondus
Aug 2, 2003 12:06 pm
More-over the general public is unaware of all this. Many still think that the Hebrew Bible is much more historically accurate than even conservative Scholars...
10041
johnmcneill_162000
johnmcneill_...
Aug 2, 2003 12:38 pm
I have been wondering if the word Amen which appears in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible is anything to do with the main Egyptian god Amen-Ra or...
10042
Richard
gauiscaecilius
Aug 2, 2003 2:40 pm
It is possible that elements of the cult of Amun Ra were incorporated into the Jewish concept of God as similarities exist the concept of God the father being...
10043
khakiberetman
Aug 2, 2003 3:26 pm
I've always been led to believe that "amen" was simply a word serving to close a speach meaning "so be it" or something equivalent and had nothing to do with...
10044
Lady of Wildwood
lady_of_wild...
Aug 2, 2003 4:55 pm
Perhaps this ties to Egyptian "lone-god"; Aten or Atun as conceived/shown/developed by the "heritic" Pharoh Ankenaten. I can toss out more than a few political,...
10045
jachthondus
Aug 2, 2003 5:16 pm
The term "Amun" comes from the Assyrian-translation of Sumerian cuneiform. The original Sumerian term was used to terminate a prayer or a hymn. The Semetic...
10046
Lady of Wildwood
lady_of_wild...
Aug 2, 2003 5:34 pm
Many, many thanks for this info, Jach! Most excellent! Once again, I really must say that I think this is the most open, understanding, curious, learned, and...
10047
me-in-@...
caesariensis
Aug 2, 2003 6:09 pm
... From : jachthondus <no_reply@...> Date : 02 August 2003 13:06:23 More-over the general public is unaware of all this. Many still think ... If...
10048
me-in-@...
caesariensis
Aug 2, 2003 6:19 pm
... From : johnmcneill_162000 <JohnMcNeill_16@...> Date : 02 August 2003 13:38:05 I have been wondering if the word Amen which appears in both the Old ...
10049
me-in-@...
caesariensis
Aug 2, 2003 6:29 pm
... From : Richard <gauiscaecilius@...> Date : 02 August 2003 15:40:09 ... But was there so much difference? Hidden in Biblical translation are...
10050
Christopher L. Wood
ambrosius_sl...
Aug 2, 2003 10:25 pm
That was actually Sigmund Freud's theory, hinging mostly on the similarity between "Aten" and "Adonai", an epithet of YHVH. I think most modern scholarship now...
10051
michelle morlock
rabagas
Aug 3, 2003 12:02 am
That's interesting about Ahkenaton. I recently saw special that suggested Nerttiti actually succeeded Akhenaton under a male name. (Can't remember it.) Rabagas...
10052
ianmcl2000
Aug 3, 2003 1:21 am
Another theory I have heard is that Akhenaton was the pharoah influenced by 'Joseph' (he of the coloured coat) and Ramses II was the pharoah at the time of...
10053
ben_cirencester
Aug 3, 2003 8:13 am
(From Ben, a new mamber). I've seen that documentry about Nefertiti suceeding Ahkenaton. I think we may be getting names confused because there are two other ...
10054
junosnuffink
Aug 3, 2003 9:31 am
I too have come across this one and if u accept that the chronology is out in the bible then it does tie back in quite neatly to acceptable known theories for...
10055
michelle morlock
rabagas
Aug 3, 2003 2:04 pm
Yes, there's another case, too. But the documentary I saw said that Nefertiti succeeded Ahkenaten under the name of the Pharoh who preceded Tutenkhamen.(No...
10056
Martinus Draco Byzant...
martinusdrac...
Aug 3, 2003 3:08 pm
Greetings. Such a learned group as has been assembled here was the first I thought of when I was posed a most difficult question to answer. Did the people of...
10057
Mary Harrsch
presencefrom...
Aug 3, 2003 3:08 pm
I don't think Akenaten blamed Amen-Ra for Nefertiti's death as she didn't die until well into the Amarna experiment when a plague swept through Egypt. Several...
10058
jachthondus
Aug 3, 2003 4:17 pm
Indeed, there are several places mentioned as Abrahams "Ur of the Chaldeans". My theory is: The "Ur of the Chaldeans" as applied to lower Mesopotamia does not ...
10059
Mary Harrsch
presencefrom...
Aug 3, 2003 5:28 pm
When I watched the Discovery Channel program "Letters from the Roman Front", I was surprised to learn that the Romans stationed at Vindolanda were actually...
