REVIEW VIEWPOINT Herodotus, Histories 7.114
The origin of this story is unclear, since known records and accounts indicate that human sacrifices were not permitted within the Persian religion. Also since most accounts of the time are from Greek sources, and due to the involvement of Greece as an opponent of Persia, it is possible that not all accounts are accurate.
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False new prophets in Babylon: \u201cThus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Your prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel\u201d (vv. 3\u20134).- EZEKIEL 13
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Chile’s stunning fossil whale graveyard “explained”<\/strong> The ancient site of Nimrud, one of Iraq\u2019s cultural treasures, is shown being destroyed by explosives in a video recently released by ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PHOTOGRAPH BY AFP\/GETTY<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why ISIS Hates Archaeology and Blew Up Ancient Iraqi Palace<\/strong> ISIS destroys important archaeological site<\/strong> Artifact of the Month: Sennacherib Prism<\/strong> “Archaeologists” do the same thing morden society does when reporting news. They see what they want to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Telegraph The Nebi Yunus shrine – containing what Muslims and Christians believe to be the tomb of Jonah, as he was known in the Bible, or Yunus in the Koran – was blown up by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) militants soon after they seized huge swathes of northern Iraq in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The shrine is situated on top of a hill in eastern Mosul called Nebi Yunus – one of two mounds that form part of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Iraqi army retook the area from Isil last month, revealing the extensive damage wrought by the jihadists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But local archaeologists have told the Telegraph that Isil also dug tunnels deep under the demolished shrine and into a previously undiscovered and untouched 600BC palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Limited excavation was carried out by the Ottoman governor of Mosul in 1852, which was revisited by the Iraqi department of antiquities in the 1950s. But neither team reached as far as the palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I can only imagine how much Daesh discovered down there before we got hereArchaeologist Layla Salih<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the first evidence of Isil\u2019s use of tunneling in ancient grounds in their hunt for artefacts to plunder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inside one of the tunnels, Iraqi archaeologist Layla Salih discovered a marble cuneiform inscription of King Esarhaddon thought to date back to the Assyrian empire in 672BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the king\u2019s name is not visible on the cuneiform slab, a historian who has seen photographs of it says phrases are legible which were used only to describe him, in particular his rebuilding of Babylon after his father Sennacherib had it destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The palace was built for Sennacherib, renovated and expanded by Esarhaddon (681-669 BC), and renovated again by Ashurbanipal (669-627). It was partly destroyed during the Sack of Nineveh in 612 BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A marble cuneiform inscription of King Esarhaddon thought to date back to the Assyrian empire in 672BC CREDIT: J\u00c9R\u00c9MY ANDR\u00c9<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are only a handful of such cuneiforms recovered from the period, most of which from the second mound just north of Nebi Yunus in Kouyunjik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In another part of the tunnel they discovered Assyrian stone sculptures of a demi-goddess, depicted sprinkling the \u201cwater of life\u201d to protect humans in her care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve never seen something like this in stone at this large size,\u201d said Prof Eleanor Robson, chair of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq, suggesting they may have been used to decorate the women’s quarter of the palace. \u201cThe objects don\u2019t match descriptions of what we thought was down there, so Isil\u2019s destruction has actually led us to a fantastic find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s a huge amount of history down there, not just ornamental stones. It is an opportunity to finally map the treasure-house of the world\u2019s first great empire, from the period of its greatest success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms Salih, a former curator of the Mosul museum who is supervising a five-man team carrying out the emergency documentation, said she believes Isil looted hundreds of objects before Iraqi forces recaptured the eastern side of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI can only imagine how much Daesh discovered down there before we got here,\u201d she told the Telegraph by phone from Mosul. \u201cWe believe they took many of the artefacts, such as pottery and smaller pieces, away to sell. But what they left will be studied and will add a lot to our knowledge of the period.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n She warned that the tunnels were not professionally built, however, and are at risk of collapsing \u201cwithin weeks\u201d – burying and potentially destroying the new finds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Experts from the British Institute for the Study of Iraq – alongside other international teams – are bidding to help local archaeologists secure and document the site. Unesco is due to hold a meeting in Paris later this month to decide who will be sent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The terror group destroyed several other key landmarks in Mosul and elsewhere because they considered the worshipping of shrines not to be in keeping with their Islamic traditions. Isil militants believe giving special veneration to tombs and relics is against the teachings of Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A report just released by the Iraqi Kurdistan regional government lists some 100 sacred buildings damaged or wiped off the map during Isil\u2019s two-year reign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They closed all of Mosul\u2019s museums and cultural centres during their more than two-year reign over the city. Many of the city\u2019s archaeologists and historians went into hiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMany decided to stay in the city when Isil came, fearing what they might do to their families if they fled,\u201d said Prof Robson. \u201cThey hid their books and lied about their expertise. Thankfully, most of them survived.\u201d About esther artaxerxes and every other ancient king the puzzle as to be understood, joined, put the pieces all together and assembled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DIGGING HISTORY Islamic State looting uncovers ancient palace beneath Jonah\u2019s Tomb<\/strong> Was Daniel’s or Job’s story of Nebuchadnezzar taken from Ludlul Bel Nemeqi?<\/strong> 2019 Translation of Ludlul Bel Nemeqi Answer: Rather than seeing the story of Nebuchadnezzar as taken from Ludlul b\u0113l n\u0113meqi<\/em>, implying that the story in Daniel is pious fiction<\/em>, it is more convincing to propose that the author of the book of Daniel adopted certain literary convention to portray in a literary manner understood by his original audience of how Nebuchadnezzar (a real<\/em> historical person) has been afflicted by Israel’s God (a real<\/em> divine being) to show God’s real<\/em> power over the Babylonian empire. Who is Marduk in the Bible?<\/strong> The name Marduk<\/em> is mentioned explicitly only once in Scripture, in Jeremiah 50:2, \u201cBabylon will be captured; Bel will be put to shame, Marduk filled with terror. Her images will be put to shame and her idols filled with terror.\u201d Jeremiah here predicts how the false god would be \u201cput to shame\u201d when God brought judgment upon Babylon. The downfall of Babylon would prove that nation\u2019s deities as the false and useless gods they were. Marduk\u2019s title of Bel<\/em> is mentioned in Isaiah 46:1 and Jeremiah 51:44. Amenhotep II as Pharaoh of the Exodus<\/strong> — Birmingham\u2013Southern College<\/strong> (BSC<\/strong>) is a private liberal arts college in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1856, the college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n John Wesley Lord, Bishop of the United Methodist Church from 1948 to 1972, was indeed a Freemason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The national settings of the UCC have historically favored liberal views on social issues, such as civil rights, LGBT rights, women’s rights, and abortion. However, United Church of Christ congregations are independent in matters of doctrine and ministry and may not necessarily support the national body’s theological or moral stances. It self-describes as “an extremely pluralistic and diverse denomination”.[10]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [10] Zikmund, Barbara B. Hidden Histories in the United Church of Christ – Volume I.<\/em> 1987, ISBN 0-8298-0753-5. Web: 16 December 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n During its first century, Harvard Divinity School was unofficially associated with American Unitarianism.[3] It also retains a historical tie to one of the successor denominations of American Congregationalism, the United Church of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [3] Morison, Samuel Eliot (1964). <\/em>Three Centuries of Harvard, 1636-1926<\/em>. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. pp. 242\u2013243. <\/em>ISBN<\/em>9780674888913<\/em>. Retrieved 7 January 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard Divinity School and Unitarianism<\/strong> Nevertheless, after much struggle, the Unitarian Henry Ware was elected in 1805, which signaled the changing of the tide from the dominance of traditional, Calvinist ideas at Harvard to the dominance of liberal, Arminian ideas (defined by traditionalists as Unitarian ideas).[4]:4\u20135[6]:24<\/p>\n\n\n\n [4] Dorrien, Gary (2001). <\/em>The Making of American Liberal Theology<\/em> (1st ed.). Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press. p. 195. <\/em>ISBN<\/em>9780664223540<\/em>.<\/em> Today<\/strong> Baltasar<\/strong> o Belsasar<\/strong>[2]\u200b[3]\u200b (formas castellanas del lat\u00edn Baltassar<\/em>[4]\u200b o del griego \u0392\u03b1\u03bb\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03b1\u03c1 –Balt\u00e1sar<\/em> o Balthasar<\/em>-,[5]\u200b ambas derivadas del nombre Bel-sharra-usur<\/em><\/strong>, que significa en acadio \u00abB\u0113l<\/em> -Baal- ha protegido al reino\u00bb;[6]\u200b) fue un pr\u00edncipe babil\u00f3nico. Muri\u00f3 durante la ca\u00edda de Babilonia en manos de Ciro II el Grande en el a\u00f1o 539 a. C. A veces su nombre aparece tambi\u00e9n como Balthazar<\/em> y Belshazzar<\/em>.<\/em>[7]\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ciro II el Grande<\/strong> (circa<\/em> 600\/575 \u2013 530 a. C.) fue un rey aquem\u00e9nida de Persia (circa<\/em> 559-530 a. C.) y el fundador del Imperio aquem\u00e9nida<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dar\u00edo el Medo Daniel 9:1<\/strong> Moreover, if \u201cAhasuerus\u201d was just a common \u201ctitle\u201d for Persian kings generally, what would be the point of mentioning it if the intent of Esther 1:1 was to clarify exactly which king was being discussed? It does not help to identify the exact king if \u201cAhasuerus\u201d was simply a generic title. If instead it was a personal name or perhaps a throne name, though, it has real value in narrowing down the options. Thus, I believe it makes better sense to view \u201cAhasuerus\u201d as either a throne name taken by two Medo-Persian kings or as an example of papponymic name repetition. The further observation that the intended king was fabulously wealthy, because he inherited an expansive empire from his father Darius the Great\u2014who is never<\/em> called either Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes anywhere in any historical records\u2014is used to narrow the options down to only one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Astiages, seg\u00fan lo interpret\u00f3 el historiador jud\u00edo del siglo I, Flavio Josefo y populariz\u00f3 Jer\u00f3nimo. Astiages fue el \u00faltimo rey de Media, derrotado por Ciro, y su padre se llam\u00f3 Ciajares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Astiages<\/strong> (f. 550 a. C.) fue el \u00faltimo rey de Media, hijo de Ci\u00e1xares, destronado en el 550 a. C. por el persa Ciro II el Grande.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La mayor informaci\u00f3n acerca de Astiages (en acadio I\u0161tum egu<\/em>) la proporciona el historiador griego Her\u00f3doto de Halicarnaso, quien vivi\u00f3 en el siglo V a. C., cien a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s del reinado de Astiages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nabucodonosor II es el soberano babil\u00f3nico m\u00e1s conocido en la cultura occidental, y en la isl\u00e1mica, a partir de su menci\u00f3n en la Biblia, dado que tom\u00f3 dos veces la ciudad de Jerusal\u00e9n (597 a. C. y 587 a. C.), destruy\u00f3 el reino de Jud\u00e1 y deport\u00f3 a muchos de sus habitantes a Babilonia. Es un personaje importante en Libro de Daniel, el cual relata algunos eventos de su reinado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conclusions about Ezequiel Daniel Esther and Nehemias REVIEW VIEWPOINT Herodotus, Histories 7.114The origin of this story is unclear, since known records and accounts indicate that human sacrifices were not permitted within the Persian religion. Also since most accounts of the time are … Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2022 By Jonathan Amos
\u2022 Science correspondent, BBC News
26 February 2014
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With a video showing an Assyrian palace’s destruction, the Islamic State wants to establish itself as heir to a legacy of “idol destruction.”
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CNN’s Fred Pleitgen details ISIS’s destruction of one of Iraq’s most important archaeological sites: the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Author: Michael J. Caba Category: People, Places, and Things in the Hebrew Bible Created: 15 December 2019
This month’s artifact is known as the Sennacherib Prism. Made in ancient Assyria in c. 700 BC of baked clay, the prism is approximately 15 inches tall. The cuneiform script in the Akkadian language refers to Israelite King Hezekiah and to Assyrian King Sennacherib, both of whom are mentioned in the biblical text (cf. 2 Kings 19:9). In the inscription the Assyrian ruler boasts of trapping Hezekiah in Jerusalem like a caged bird. The artifact was purchased from a Baghdad antiquities dealer in c. 1919 and is now in the Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. It is one of eight similar prisms with nearly identical text found so far (e.g., the Taylor Prism in the British Museum).
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Previously untouched 600BC palace discovered under shrine demolished by Isil in Mosul<\/strong>
An Assyrian stone sculpture of a demi-goddess, depicted sprinkling the \u201cwater of life\u201d to protect humans in her care CREDIT: J\u00c9R\u00c9MY ANDR\u00c9
\u2022 Josie Ensor, middle east correspondent
28 FEBRUARY 2017 \u2022 11:40AM
Archaeologists documenting Isil\u2019s destruction of the ruins of the Tomb of the Prophet Jonah say they have made an unexpected discovery which could help in our understanding of the world\u2019s first empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Published<\/strong> March 6, 2017
Biblical king’s palace uncovered beneath shrine destroyed by ISIS<\/strong>
By James Rogers, | Fox News
The palace was built for the Assyrian King Sennarcherib, expanded by his son Esarhaddon, and renovated by his grandson King Ashurbanipal, according to the Telegraph, which notes that the palace was partly destroyed during the sack of Nineveh in 612 B.C. Sennacherib\u2019s invasion of the ancient kingdom of Judah is extensively documented in the Bible. Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal are also mentioned in scripture, although feature less prominently.
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Archaeologists in Iraq find residence of biblical kings Sennacherib and Esarhaddon in IS-dug tunnels beneath ruined shrine, according to report<\/strong>
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Q: The Ludlul Bel Nemeqi<\/em><\/strong> is often called the Babylonian Job due to it’s similarities to Job however there are more similarities to the Book of Daniel<\/strong>, for instance, the story is about a king who goes mad who was put out of his house and had to wander outside like a recluse and an ox. He lost his position of authority and was replaced by someone else. But there are no more similarities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alan Lenzi University of the Pacific, alenzi@pacific.edu https:\/\/scholarlycommons.pacific.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1189&context=cop-facbooks<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Marduk was a false god that was worshiped as the chief Babylonian deity. He had several titles, including Bel<\/em>, which simply means \u201clord.\u201d He was worshiped as the god of storms and fertility, much as the Baal of the Canaanites was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/www.gotquestions.org\/Marduk-in-the-Bible.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Author: William Shea PhD Category: The Exodus & Wilderness Wanderings under Moses 1446-1406 BC Created: 22 February 2008
Literature on the subject of the Exodus is extensive. In his Schweich Lectures for 1948, From Joseph to Joshua, literature from the 19th century to 1948 was covered by the excellent English bibliographer H. H. Rowley. He provided an exceptionally thorough list of studies in favor of dating the Exodus in the 13th century under the 19th Dynasty and in the 15th century under the 18th Dynasty.
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Carol A. Newsom<\/strong>
After obtaining her A.B. from Birmingham-Southern College (1971), Newsom moved to Harvard University, where she earned an M.T.S. from the Harvard Divinity School in 1975<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout the 18th century, Enlightenment ideas of the power of reason and free will became widespread among Congregationalist ministers, putting those ministers and their congregations in tension with more traditionalist, Calvinist parties.[4]:1\u20134<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[6] Field, Peter S. (2003). <\/em>Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Making of a Democratic Intellectual<\/em>. Lewiston, NY: Rowman & Littlefield. <\/em>ISBN<\/em>9780847688425<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, students and faculty come from a variety of religious backgrounds: Christian (all denominations), Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and others. Its academic programs attempt to balance theology and religious studies\u2014that is, the “believer’s” perspective on religion with the “secular” perspective on religion. This is in contrast to many other divinity schools where one or the other is given primacy (Yale Divinity School, for example, emphasizes its theological program, while the majority of students at the University of Chicago Divinity School enroll in its “religious studies” Master of Arts program).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although calling \u201cKhshayarsha\u201d a \u201cword\u201d rather than a \u201cname\u201d seems to be an attempt to blunt the force of the historical evidence by redefining it, Mr. Struse did make a valid factual point above. He is correct that the name \u201cAhasuerus\u201d was also applied to another king; Daniel 9:1 informs us that an earlier \u201cAhasuerus,\u201d usually identified with Astyages, was the father of Darius the Mede. However, this man was a predecessor of Cyrus the Great and had nothing to do with the Persian Achaemenid period, my focus, so I did not discuss him. I agree that, in view of the existence of this earlier Ahasuerus, it makes sense that Esther 1:1 could be taken as a statement clarifying which Ahasuerus was being discussed in Esther\u2014the one who was the son of Darius the Great, not the earlier one who was the father of Darius the Mede. My point was that there was only a single king in the Achaemenid Period under discussion<\/em> who went by the name Ahasuerus. Bringing up the fact that there was a Median<\/em> king by that name prior to Cyrus should not obscure the fact that there is no evidence for any Persian<\/em> \u201cAhasuerus\u201d after Cyrus, save for that king whom the Greeks knew as Xerxes. To cite well-meaning but inadequately informed commentators of yesteryear as evidence Cambyses II held the \u201ctitle\u201d of \u201cAhasuerus\u201d is to shut one\u2019s eyes to contemporary historical evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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