Great article and love you covering the 1st book of Torah. I was unaware that the tower of Babel was a parabole but that makes sense now. I guess I saw more parables from Jesus in the 2nd testament. Are there other 1st testament parables? The 2 probable paraboles I sort if identify are the book of Esther (Historically King Achashverosh is supposedly modeled from Xerxes) and the book of Job, which is hard to date.
I don't agree with some of the arguments in that Mathisen piece you linked. It might be because I put less stock in celestial astronomy yet I hear biblical astronomy is much better then astrology which is forbidden. Interestingly a Christian friend of mine mentioned "Amen" derived out of Egypt so that reference seems correct based on Mathisen's article. I'm not sure if we should avoid "Amen" however.
It's possible that almost everything in the Bible is historical, but it seems likely that some are parables or misinterpretations. Samson might have been an actual person, who was one of the Judges, but most of the deeds of Samson seem to be mythical, based on planetary events. Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah & Moses seem to be based on planetary events, but they could have been actual persons as well. The Tower of Babel seems to be a planetary event, but Peleg may have been an actual person whose name means "divided" or "divided rivers". The "divided" may have referred to the time when the people divided (at the Tower of Babel planetary event), or "divided rivers" seems likely to refer to the planetary event, when the planets divided, or the face of Venus was divided by 4 rivers in the "Garden of Eden". Some day, God will explain the truth in more detail.
I have little to no understanding of planetary events. For some reason that subject never interested or called out to me. I agree we could benefit from truth and discernment there so maybe the reveal happens soon to your last sentence.
Great article and love you covering the 1st book of Torah. I was unaware that the tower of Babel was a parabole but that makes sense now. I guess I saw more parables from Jesus in the 2nd testament. Are there other 1st testament parables? The 2 probable paraboles I sort if identify are the book of Esther (Historically King Achashverosh is supposedly modeled from Xerxes) and the book of Job, which is hard to date.
I don't agree with some of the arguments in that Mathisen piece you linked. It might be because I put less stock in celestial astronomy yet I hear biblical astronomy is much better then astrology which is forbidden. Interestingly a Christian friend of mine mentioned "Amen" derived out of Egypt so that reference seems correct based on Mathisen's article. I'm not sure if we should avoid "Amen" however.
It's possible that almost everything in the Bible is historical, but it seems likely that some are parables or misinterpretations. Samson might have been an actual person, who was one of the Judges, but most of the deeds of Samson seem to be mythical, based on planetary events. Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah & Moses seem to be based on planetary events, but they could have been actual persons as well. The Tower of Babel seems to be a planetary event, but Peleg may have been an actual person whose name means "divided" or "divided rivers". The "divided" may have referred to the time when the people divided (at the Tower of Babel planetary event), or "divided rivers" seems likely to refer to the planetary event, when the planets divided, or the face of Venus was divided by 4 rivers in the "Garden of Eden". Some day, God will explain the truth in more detail.
I have little to no understanding of planetary events. For some reason that subject never interested or called out to me. I agree we could benefit from truth and discernment there so maybe the reveal happens soon to your last sentence.