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How is 'Lebanon' an Israeli land (in Settlers' minds) in the 21st C? On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates— Genesis 15:18 This must be the quote you mentioned. It's God's covenant with...

MrMacSon wrote: For Abraham to recognize the authority and authenticity of a Canaanite priest-king is startling and has no parallel in biblical literature. Rich suggests: Could it be that the Melchizedek archetype in the Torah is not Canaanite in origin? I currently hold that it's Vedic in origin an...

The two powers in heaven: Melchizedek, the pastoral archetype of the oral tradition who is wholly spirit because the oral tradition is written on his heart (later called the Holy Spirit) and God, the Lord of the Spirits. The paper at the link I have provided defines the context, nature and function ...

You write: "Some of it is confusing."

If you share with me what confuses you, I may be able to help you.

Stephen wrote: I used (above) the conventional definition of "Christianity," a religion started in the first century ad/ce. Did "Christianity" start in the 1st century or did one man's deliberate self-sacrifice in the first century preserve the self-sacrifice, the core of what c...

Stephen wrote: Wasn't that hymn written before Christianity existed? When did Christianity begin? When we consider Noah, Abraham, and Job, we find a formula in the biblical text that indicates a man who has made the self-sacrifice can be identified because he is described with an absolute(s) accompa...

Thank you for posting that information. Appreciated. [snip] When we consider Noah, Abraham, and Job, we find a formula in the biblical text that indicates a man who has made the self-sacrifice can be identified because he is described with an absolute(s) accompanied by a phrase indicating he is in G...

"I don't think that there is evidence of early Christianity in the DSS." I submit for your consideration... DSS Thanksgiving Hymn 12 I thank Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast illumined my face by Thy covenant, I seek Thee, and sure as the dawn Thou appearest as perfect light to me. Teachers of l...

The Torah rests on a Vedic template which informs its establishment structures and its pastoral and national theologies. The Vedic template is based on the Hymn of Man lines 6-12 which contains the Purusha's (or biblical Melchizedek's) self-sacrifice in a pastoral context and his dis-memberment into...

Does any of it relate to the view there was a 'Two Powers in Heaven' theology in the first century ad/ce? Rich: Of course. I gave you the links, so you gave me some text. This widely-viewed-as-an-interpolation passage portrays Melchizedek as a or even as the pastoral archetype Rich: Yes. I share tha...