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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 →

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Troglodyte Tuesday

I mentioned in my review of Rick Riordan’s The Tower of Nero that I liked the way it portrayed the troglodytes, and since I don’t think I’ve done it before, I might as well take a look at the origins … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Cartoons, Dragon Quest, Games, Greek Mythology, Language, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Rick Riordan, Television, Trials of Apollo, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged abraham, apes, buffalo, chimpanzees, claudius aurelius, cranes, dragon quest iv, dungeons and dragons, ethiopian bulls, flavius josephus, gummi bears, herodotus, horites, jorges luis borges, keturah, lickspittles, munchers, my little pony, pandura, pygmies, sambuca, the immortal, the tower of nero, troggles, troggs, troglodytes |

Give Me Your Tyred, Your Punic

Carthage is remembered these days as the main enemy of the ever-expanding Romans in the third and second centuries BC. The two burgeoning empires fought the three Punic Wars, the second of which was when Hannibal launched his unsuccessful campaign … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, History, Middle East, Mythology, Roman, Roman Empire, Semitic | Tagged acerbas, aeneas, aeneid, africa proconsularis, anna perenna, baal, baal hammon, carthage, dido, flavius josephus, hannibal, iarbas, jezebel, juno, jupiter, mattan of tyre, melqart, menander of ephesus, mercury, ovid, phoenicia, punic wars, pygmalion, rome, trojan war, troy, tunisia, tyre, venus, virgil |

A Long Walk Off a Short Pyramid

Dr. Ben Carson has been the subject of much mockery for a lot of reasons, but one of the most prominent is that he thought Joseph built the pyramids to store grain. Apparently he didn’t even make this up; it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Cartoons, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Futurama, History, Judaism, Middle East, Religion, Science, Television | Tagged antiquities of the jews, charles piazzi smith, dr. ben carson, egypt, exodus, flavius josephus, flood, genesis, great pyramid, james taylor, jesus, joseph, karel drbal, new age, noah, pharaoh, pi, pyramids, ramesses ii of egypt, seth, the ten commandments, thuban |

You Say You’ve Seen Seven Wonders

We’ve all heard of the Seven Wonders of the World, even though only one of them is still standing today. Why seven, though? I don’t know. Something about the ancient Greeks who chose it considering it a number of wholeness. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hellenistic Greece, History, Music, They Might Be Giants | Tagged alexander the great, amazons, antipater of sidon, artemis, artemisia, barossus, colossus of rhodes, croesus, flavius josephus, great pyramid, hanging gardens of babylon, helios, herodotus, lighthouse of alexandria, mausoleum at halicarnassus, mausolus, nebuchadnezzar, phidias, pyramids of giza, seven wonders of the world, statue of liberty, statue of zeus at olympia, temple of artemis at ephesus, zeus |

Do You Hear What Herod Hears?

When you think of Christmas villains, who comes to mind? The Grinch? The Krampus? Burgermeister Meisterburger? The Awgwas? Well, how about Herod the Great, the King of Judea who tried to have Jesus killed? Well, at least that’s what the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Christmas, History, Holidays, Judaism, Middle East, Religion, Roman Empire | Tagged bible, flavius josephus, gospel of luke, gospel of matthew, hasmoneans, jesus, king herod the great, moses |

Take Me to the Pilate

I forgot to mention on Friday that it was the feast day of a saint unique to the Coptic Church, Pontius Pilate. Yes, the guy who executed Jesus, which really doesn’t make a whole lot of sense at first glance. … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Coptic, Eastern Orthodox, History, Holidays, Judaism, Religion | Tagged antisemitism, bible, claudia procula, crucifixion, flavius josephus, gospels, jesus, john the baptist, pontius pilate, summer solstice |