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You Can’t Sit at Our Table
Today, I wanted to look at the Table of Nations from Genesis 10. The Hebrew word that’s usually translated “nations” is goyim, which became gentilis in the Latin Vulgate. Both words have come to mean non-Jewish people in general, and … Continue reading →
Posted in African, Christianity, Egyptian, Ethnicity, Etymology, Families, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Language, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged abraham, aegyptus, agenor, andromeda, atlas, babylon, belus, bible, bosporus, canaan, carthage, cetus, crete, danaus, eber, egypt, esau, ethiopia, euripides, europa, flavius josephus, flood, genesis, good news bible, ham, hellen, hera, herodotus, heth, hittites, iapetus, inachus, incest, Iran, ishmael, isis, israel, jacob, japheth, jonah, king cepheus, king solomon, king xerxes i, libya, lydia, magog, mesopotamia, mizraim, moab, mycenae, nimrod, noah, ophir, paul of tarsus, perses, perseus, phoenicia, poseidon, prometheus, racism, scythia, sea monsters, shem, table of nations, tarshish, tartessos, the rose and the ring, titans, tros, troy, william makepeace thackeray, zeus |
Iran to the Ends of the Earth
I’m still not entirely sure why Republicans are so anxious for a war with Iran. I mean, I think war should generally be a last resort anyway, but here I’m not even sure what the benefit would be. That’s not to … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Fundamentalism, History, Iran, Judaism, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Roman Empire | Tagged apocalypse, asia minor, beth-togarmah, bible, british mandate for palestine, cyrus of persia, cyrus scofield, dispensationalism, donald trump, esther, ethiopia, ezekiel, gog, gomer, hal lindsey, iran nuclear deal, isolationism, israel, jesus, magog, meshech, nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, pacifism, parthian empire, persia, president ronald reagan, prophecy, put, qasem soleimani, revelation, scofield reference bible, tubal, war, zionism |
Yale, Yale, the Gang’s All Here
Today’s mythical creature is the Yale, which was included in a list of uncommon mythical creatures on Quora, a site I’m always getting e-mails from despite not remembering ever signing up for, but I don’t unsubscribe because there’s interesting stuff … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Etymology, Greek Mythology, Language, Monsters, Mythology | Tagged basilisk, bible, camelopard, centicore, ethiopia, giraffe, heraldry, jael, john of lancaster, judges, lady margaret beaufort, little nemo, natural history, pliny the elder, whiffenpoofs, yale, yale university |
Dawn, Go Away, I’m No Good for You
It’s kind of weird starting a post on this topic after eight at night, but one Greco-Roman deity I don’t think I’ve addressed before is Eos, known in Latin as Aurora, goddess of the dawn. She was considered a Titan, … Continue reading →
Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology, Uncategorized | Tagged achilles, aeaea, aphrodite, apollonius of rhodes, ares, astraeus, aurora, cephalus, cepheus, circe, cleitus, crius, dawn, dusk, emathion, eos, ethiopia, eurybia, helios, hercules, hesperus, hyperion, laomedon of troy, lucifer, memnon, moon, orion, phaethon, phosphorus, priam of troy, procris, selene, sun, theia, titans, tithonus, trojan war, venus, vesper, zeus |
Santa Claus Is a Black Man
When Megyn Kelly of Fox News says she wants a white Christmas, she doesn’t mean it in quite the same way Irving Berlin did. By now there have been many responses to Kelly’s rant about how Santa Claus has to … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Christmas, Coptic, Fox News, History, Holidays, Middle East, Mythology, Prejudice, Religion, Television | Tagged ethiopia, gospel of matthew, irving berlin, jesus, megyn kelly, racism, santa claus, sinterklaas, st. nicholas |
Rasta Row the Boat Ashore
In my series of religion posts, I’ve been examining different religions, explaining what I know about them and trying to find out more. I’m running out of major religions to cover, but here’s another one from the twentieth century: Rastafarianism. … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, History, Middle East, Rastafarianism, Religion | Tagged ark of the covenant, babylon, bible, bob marley, camper van beethoven, ethiopia, haile selassie, hermes conrad, jah, jamaica, jesus, marijuana, menelik, queen of sheba, reggae, solomon, zion |
Hot for Jesus
The Bible tends to be rather quiet on the subject of appearances. About the most we’re told about a Biblical figure, as far as I can remember, is that Elisha was bald. Oh, and Esau is covered in red hair. … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Christianity, History, Religion | Tagged augustine of hippo, bible, elisha, esau, ethiopia, iconography, isaiah, james the just, jerome, jesus, jupiter, justin, paul of tarsus, revelation, rome, st. peter, tertullian |
A Cushy History
As I’m sure you know, the Table of Nations in the book of Genesis uses individual people to stand for nations. According to the Bible, all of the countries and tribes of the world are descended from Noah, as he … Continue reading →
Posted in Egyptian, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Mythology, Religion | Tagged alexander the great, belus, bible, canaan, cepheus, egypt, ethiopia, ham, herodotus, jaffa, libya, nimrod, noah, poseidon, sesostris, sphinx |