Truth in Mikra

Tag: #history

  • On the ancient origin of Biblical Hebrew Section 1

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    So what is the history of Hebrew linguistics? Not a large amount is known about early Hebrew but it is a Northwest Semitic language from the larger Afroasiatic language family. Modern historians consider Hebrew a subdivision of Proto Canaanite languages. If we go by the Bible it indicates that Avraham (Abraham) came from the Sumerian…

  • Historicity of the Tower of Babel section II

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    We won’t discuss language anymore because I feel it’s clear there is a single language source,so now to talk about why there was a language catastrophe in Sumer/Kengir at the Tower of Babel/Bavel. The common word for tower in ancient Sumer/Kengir is ziggurat as opposed to migdal (Heb. tower) but the word ziggurat is not…

  • The Historicity of the Tower of Babel Section I

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    Is there proof the Tower of Babel account a true account historically ? I will explore this in this article. Here is Genesis chapter 11 וַיְהִ֥י כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ שָׂפָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּדְבָרִ֖ים אֲחָדִֽים: And it was that the earth was of one language and words were uniform. יְהִ֖י בְּנָסְעָ֣ם מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַיִּמְצְא֥וּ בִקְעָ֛ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁנְעָ֖ר וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם: And…

  • On Daniel 2, The four Kingdoms

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    Sep 15, 2023 — by The Hoosac historian Most secular historians don’t really deny 1,2,3 are Babylon,Persia,Alexandian Greece/Seleucid Greece but more argue Daniel was composed in about 165 BCE after they fell.Of coarse I am of the belief that Daniel was a contemporary of Nebuchanezzar /Nevukhadnetzar(Heb.).In Babylonian Cuneiform he was known as Nebu-Kuduri-Usur II ,(605-562…

  • Who was Ashurbanipal and why does he matter?

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    First of all who was he? Ashurbanipal (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀸𒋩𒆕𒀀, romanized: Aššur-bāni-apli, meaning “Ashur is the creator of the heir”)or Osnappar (Imperial Aramaic: אָסְנַפַּר, romanized: ’Āsnappar) was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as the favored heir of his father Esarhaddon; his 38-year reign was among the longest…

  • The Christian history of Western Massachusetts.

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    This is one I have been wanting to do for a long time but I have put it off for a long time. I suppose I wanted to focus on Biblical content and not my own interests but it feels right to do this article now.First question you may want to know is what is…