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by Ethan
Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:02 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Septuagint Vs MT
Replies: 2
Views: 743

Septuagint Vs MT

Genesis 31:54 Septuagint And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren, and they ate and drank , and slept in the mountain καὶ ἔθυσεν Ιακωβ θυσίαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει MT And Jacob offered sacrifice upon th...
by Ethan
Mon Feb 13, 2023 5:46 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Did Zeus or Yahweh destroy Nineveh?
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Views: 522

Did Zeus or Yahweh destroy Nineveh?

Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4 To this city also the king of the Persians laid siege, but he was unable to capture it either by length of siege or by storm; Zeus , however, terrified the inhabitants with thunder, and thus the city ( Mespila ) was taken. Zepheniah 2:13 And he will stretch out his hand again...
by Ethan
Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:11 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: 0th Temple
Replies: 0
Views: 516

0th Temple

1 Samuel 1:9 Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord . עלי הכהן ישב על־הכסא על־מזוזת היכל יהוה This the first time "temple" appears in the King James, but this is before "THE temple" was apparently built. So what is this temple? the 0th temple? 1 Samue...
by Ethan
Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:12 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Mystery Ecbatana
Replies: 4
Views: 801

Re: Mystery Ecbatana

Plutarch, Artaxerxes 27.3 That is, he appointed her (Aspasia) a priestess of the Artemis of Ecbatana, who bears the name of Anaïtis τῆς γὰρ Ἀρτέμιδος τῆς ἐν Ἐκβατάνοις, ἣν Ἀναῗτιν καλοῦσιν, ἱέρειαν ἀνέδειξεν αὐτήν Strabo 12.3 In the district Zelitis is the city Zela, built upon the mound of Semiram...
by Ethan
Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:52 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Mystery Ecbatana
Replies: 4
Views: 801

Re: Mystery Ecbatana

Xenophon, Cyropedia 8.6.22 Cyrus himself made his home in the centre of his domain, and in the winter season he spent seven months in Babylon , for there the climate is warm; in the spring he spent three months in Susa , and in the height of summer two months in Ecbatana . By so doing, they say, he...
by Ethan
Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:56 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Mystery Ecbatana
Replies: 4
Views: 801

Mystery Ecbatana

Josephus - The Antiquities of the Jews 10.264 Now when Daniel was become so illustrious and famous, on account of the opinion men had that he was beloved of God, he built a tower at Ecbatana, in Media : it was a most elegant building, and wonderfully made, and it is still remaining, and preserved t...
by Ethan
Mon Jan 23, 2023 11:35 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Parasols Tabernacle?
Replies: 3
Views: 735

Re: Parasols Tabernacle?

The word tent or tents does not appear in the King James translation of the New Testament, but tabernacle does. Revelation 15:5 the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened ἠνοίγη ὁ ναὸς τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ Leviticus 10:7 from the door of the tabernacle of the...
by Ethan
Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Parasols Tabernacle?
Replies: 3
Views: 735

Re: Parasols Tabernacle?

Various words in the Tanakh receive the same translation, אהל משכן סכה are all translated tabernacle, the fault is with the Septuagint, that translates them into σκήνη . Exodus 27:21 In the tabernacle of the congregation (KJV) ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου (LXX)[ באהל מועד (MT) באהל מועד → ἐν αὐλίδι ἀντ...
by Ethan
Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Parasols Tabernacle?
Replies: 3
Views: 735

Re: Leviticus 23:42 Parasols

Josephus - Antiquities of the Jews 3.289 William Whiston (1737) When they set up the tabernacle, they received it into the midst of their camp, three of the tribes pitching their tents on each side of it; and roads were cut through the midst of these tents. It was like a well-appointed market; and ...
by Ethan
Mon Jan 23, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Parasols Tabernacle?
Replies: 3
Views: 735

Parasols Tabernacle?

Herodotus 7.100 Xerxes alighted from his chariot into a Sidonian ship and sat under a golden canopy ὁ Ξέρξης μετεκβὰς ἐκ τοῦ ἅρματος ἐς νέα Σιδωνίην ἵζετο ὑπὸ σκηνῇ χρυσέῃ Plutarch, Themistocles 16 (set during reign of Xerxes) He will no longer sit under a golden parasol οὐκέτι καθήμενος ὑπὸ σκιάδι...