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The Captivity of Bel-Marduk

Ancient cultures took their idols very seriously. They believed that God literally dwelt in their idol, and so the idol was treated in every way as if it was the god itself; it was treated as a... Read more

Elamites

We’ve introduced some Elamites to our Kassite story already, but now we need to get the big picture. Last time we really talked about the Elamites – they were invading Sumer in the... Read more

Kurigalzu and the Berlin Letter

Using Chronicle P we have told the story of Assuruballit, the rise of Kurigalzu I and his war with Adad-nirari II; but winning a battle is not conquering a nation; we don’t believe the Kassites... Read more

Asshuruballit, Key To Chronology

We come finally to the crux of chronology, which is effectively two massive blocks of interconnected kingdoms and dates which must be fit together somewhere around the year ‑1000. The question... Read more

The Kassites

We’ve established that the Kassites were ruling at least parts of Babylon beginning during the reign of Samsu-ditana around the ‑1330’s, and dominant over all of it by the end of the 1st... Read more

Hammurabi and the Dynasties of Babylon

We left Babylon in the capable hands of Hammurabi, of the 1st dynasty of Babylon. He was, as has been mentioned, an Amorite and therefore likely a descendant of Abraham through one of the children of... Read more

Moses’ Return

While I believe in miracles, simply listening to the Bible allows us to explain most, if not all, of them with lived human experience. The miracle is nearly always in the timing, not in the event... Read more

The Exodus

Everyone knows the story of the Exodus, the ten plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, and so on. But did it really happen? Let’s ask Wikipedia… There is no direct evidence for any of the people or... Read more

The Birth And Youth of Moses

The Egyptians, duly impressed by Joseph and his God, were slow to turn on their Hebrew friends. The Bible specifically says it took the lifetime of Joseph, and the death of all those who knew him,... Read more

Joseph In Egypt

After Joseph was kidnapped, as I’m sure we all know, Joseph was a trusted slave, and God blessed his master immensely because of Joseph. Then the man’s wife tried to seduce him, failed, then... Read more

Sargon to Hammurabi

While Abraham and the patriarchs were going down into Egypt, Sumer was far from uneventful. Indeed, the absence of Abraham wasn’t noticed. As has been said, Abraham’s departure roughly coincided... Read more

Descendants of Abraham

Abraham settled in Canaan, and life seems – at least, from the Bible’s version of it – to have been relatively uneventful. When God promised him an heir “from his own... Read more