Tag: Genocide

• Noah’s Flood

  Five centuries before Israel appeared, along with the tales that form its national epic, a story was told by the Sumerian people in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). The gods created humans to do the heavy work, like digging drainage ditches, harvesting crops, and animal husbandry. They multiplied too rapidly, however, becoming obstreperous, ‘bolshie’ nuisances. “The country…

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  16th Apr 2022

  Christianity, Current Affairs, Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Ark, Bishop J S Spong, Genocide, Gilgamesh, Gods, Nietzsche, Noah, Priests

• Genesis 6 – Who were the Nephilim?

  Following on from the Cain and Abel tale of blood-stained misadventure, here is an even more ambiguous, if not totally obscure, story. It concerns dubious goings-on involving, of all people, the “sons of God”. The phrase בְנֵי־הָאֱלֹהִים (beney haʾelohim) is found only here and in the Book of Job, but occurs outside the Hebrew Bible…

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  13th Apr 2022

  Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Genesis, Genocide, Nephilim, Sons of God, The Flood, Virgin Mary, Yahweh, Zeus

• Noah’s Flood (ii) with Fresh Eyes

  There was a time when most people were familiar with many of the biblical stories. With a decline in attendance at Church and Sunday-school, this is no longer the case, which is unfortunate, but not terminally so. The stories are all still there, crying out to be read. On the other hand, over-familiarity with these…

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  15th May 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Genocide, Myth, Noah, The Ark, The Flood, Yahweh