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Abraham and Chedorlaomer

Abraham left Egypt a rich man and went back to Canaan, the land God had promised to give his heirs one day. Upon arriving, he and Lot divided the grazing land among them, and Lot chose the plains of... Read more

Abraham in Egypt

It is clear that God told Abraham to leave his home country and his father’s house, and that was the reason he left Haran (Genesis 12:1). Yet Genesis 11:31 tells us that “Terah took Abram his... Read more

Ur of the Chaldees

Quite a while ago now, I raised the question we are now finally prepared to answer: how did Abraham find himself in Ur, when his family’s inheritance was the Indus Valley? Since the Bible doesn’t... Read more

The Home Of Noah

So we’ve talked a lot about Noah’s sons, but what about Noah himself? He simply disappears from the Bible’s record, never mentioned alive again after that embarrassing wine incident. Yet he... Read more

Priest-Kings Of Aratta

In the next chapter of the Enmerkar-Aratta saga, which scholars call Enmerkar and Ensuhkeshdanna, we find Aratta not only unsubmissive, but actively demanding that Uruk submit to it! Ensuhkeshdanna... Read more

Enmerkar and Aratta

One of the many mysteries about ancient Sumer is the identity of their mortal enemy known “Aratta.” It is mentioned frequently in Sumerian texts, where it appears as a holy place, a trading... Read more

Shem, Ham, And Japheth

Surprisingly little is said in the Bible about Noah and his three sons; after the sacrifice outside the ark, the only time we hear of any of the four men is when Noah got drunk, presumably at Gobekli... Read more

The Diaspora

Genesis 10:22-25 The children of Shem… Arphaxad… And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth... Read more

The Sumerian Genesis

Most people don’t realize that there is actually an independent record of the earliest times in Sumer that parallels the Bible’s story in several main points. It talks about a global flood, for... Read more

Flood to Shinar

Temple of the sun and moon in Teotihuacan

A Biblical History of the World In accordance with all known secular histories PREFACE There are two types of histories; those which follow the narrative of evolution, and write the history of... Read more

GEHENNA WITH ‘EM

Today we ask a very fundamental question; if a certain behavior is permitted by God, should we refrain from doing it because it might cross someone else’s taboo? If God, for example, permits us to... Read more

When Did God Forbid Polygamy?

I remember asking this question when I was barely a teenager; I read the Bible, and saw that David, for one, had eight wives. I knew David was a hero and a much to be admired. But I also knew that... Read more