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by Ethan
Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:17 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Pillars of Hercules
Replies: 20
Views: 1402

Re: Pillars of Hercules

There is a large scarab on the left with large wings on that seal. κάνθαρος (kántharos) dung-beetle, scarab. In latter Greek written σκάνθαρος (skántharos) > σκάνθα >σκάναθ > σκάναβ >σκάλαβ > σκάραβος "Scarab" cf. κάραβος (kárabos). The Arabic is kunfusa (خنفساء) I believe the ultimate roo...
by Ethan
Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Pillars of Hercules
Replies: 20
Views: 1402

Re: Pillars of Hercules

In Strabo 3.5.5 it states "But those eight-cubit bronze pillars" which seem short to be pillars. (χαλκᾶς ὀκταπήχεις) cf. 1 Kings 7:15 He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits Its suspect then that Strabo text originally said "two eighteen cubit pillars" and due to copyist...
by Ethan
Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Pillars of Hercules
Replies: 20
Views: 1402

Re: Pillars of Hercules

In Plato, Critias 113 Gadeirus Eumelos is son of Cleito (Κλειτὼ) and twin brother of Atlas and is said to be the namesake of Gadeira. Cleito ( Κλειτὼ ) means קרית "renowned" which may also be the קרת in Melqart and Carthage and the κλῆς in Herakles. This Gadeirus Eumelos might be the same ...
by Ethan
Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:12 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Pillars of Hercules
Replies: 20
Views: 1402

Pillars of Hercules

Herodotus 2.44 I took ship for Tyre in Phoenicia, where I had learned by inquiry that there was a holy temple of Heracles. There I saw it, richly equipped with many other offerings, besides two pillars (στῆλαι δύο) , one of refined gold, one of emerald. two worships of Heracles , sacrificing to one...
by Ethan
Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:31 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: The Messiah is a Wall?
Replies: 2
Views: 326

Re: The Messiah is a Wall?

Pillars of Hercules are called Στῆλαι Ἡρακλήϊαι and corresponds to צלעות םלקרות στήλη block of stone used as a prop or buttress to a wall (LSJ) Ezekiel 41:5 קיר בית τεῖχος οἴκου "wall of the temple" Ezekiel 41:6 צלעות בקיר στῆλαι ἐπὶ οἴκῳ "supports towards the walls" In this cont...
by Ethan
Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: The Messiah is a Wall?
Replies: 2
Views: 326

Re: The Messiah is a Wall?

Apollōniōn is an Elean month (September or August) that might be the כסלו (Kislav) in Nehemiah 1:1, being a dialectic variation. The wall was completed on the 25th (Nehemiah 6:15) and Hannukah is anachronistically mentioned in Nehemiah 12:27 that is celebrated on the 25th of December. Wall of stones...
by Ethan
Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: The Messiah is a Wall?
Replies: 2
Views: 326

The Messiah is a Wall?

Nehemiah 6:15
The wall (חומה) was finished on the 25th (month) of Apollo (אלול)

Nehemiah 4:3 specifies חומת אבנים "wall of stones" which identifies the word חומה with αἱμασιή wall of dry stones.
by Ethan
Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:38 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: touch-stone, black-stone?
Replies: 0
Views: 382

touch-stone, black-stone?

Plato, Gorgias 486d If my soul had happened to be made of gold, Callicles, do you not think I should have been delighted to find one of those stones with which they test gold , and the best one; which, if I applied it, and it confirmed to me that my soul had been properly tended, would give me full...
by Ethan
Thu Feb 16, 2023 12:06 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Septuagint Vs MT
Replies: 2
Views: 744

Re: Septuagint Vs MT

Xenophon uses the verb δειπνέω 'make a meal', the noun δεῖπνον means meal. Daniel 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast MT בלשאצר מלכא עבד לחם רב LXX Βαλτασαρ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐποίησεν δεῗπνον μέγα δεῗπνον לחם Homer uses specific words for meals at particular times. ἄριστον morning meal δεῖπνον noond...
by Ethan
Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:38 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Septuagint Vs MT
Replies: 2
Views: 744

Re: Septuagint Vs MT

The verb ἐκοιμήθησαν is וישכבו in Hebrew. Genesis 31:54 καὶ ἔθυσεν Ιακωβ θυσίαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει ויזבח יעקב זבח בהר ויקרא לאחיו לאכל־לחם ויאכלו לחם וישכבו בהר ἐκοιμήθησαν is used 11 times in Xenophon, Cyropedia. Xenophon, Cyr...