tyre – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Tag Archives: tyre

Jezebel of the Ba’al

Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible’s Harlot Queen, by Lesley Hazleton – This book examines the reputation of one of the most infamous figures in the Bible, the wife of King Ahab of Israel and daughter of the King … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Feminism, History, Judaism, Middle East, Religion | Tagged 1 kings, ahab of israel, bible, deuteronomistic history, elijah, elisha, herodotus, israel, jehu of israel, jezebel, lesley hazleton, tyre |

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 Trojan in Italy

Does the Aeneid count as Homeric fanfiction? I mean, it pretty much follows up the Iliad and Odyssey exactly, using some of the same characters and situations. Like Odysseus, Aeneas encounters Polyphemus the Cyclops and visits the world of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, History, Mythology, Roman, Roman Empire | Tagged aeneas, aeneid, caesar augustus, carthage, dido, rome, trojan war, troy, turnus, tyre, virgil |

Putting the Chemosh On

A little research into Biblical history reveals that, before becoming monotheistic, the worship of Yahweh that would eventually develop into Judaism was henotheistic. That is, while Yahweh was viewed as the main god and the national deity of Israel and … Continue reading →

Posted in Babylonian, Greek Mythology, Judaism, Mythology, Religion, Semitic | Tagged adad, ahab of israel, aphrodite, asherah, ashtoreth, astarte, baal, bible, bosheth, carthage, chemosh, constitution, el, elijah, hadad, hannibal, henotheism, jezebel, josiah, leviticus, melek, melqart, mesha of moab, moab, molech, moloch, mot, mount of olives, psalms, rabbi shlomo yitzhaki, rashi, solomon, tyre, yamm |

The Sensational Sorcerer of Samaria

In early Christianity, a common scapegoat was someone called Simon Magus. He was identified as the founder of Gnosticism, a false Messiah, and sometimes even the father of all heresies. So who was Simon Magus really? It’s a bit difficult … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Gnosticism, Historical Personages, History, Mythology, Religion | Tagged acts of peter, acts of the apostles, bible, dositheos, emperor nero, helen, helen of troy, john the baptist, levitation, plato, reincarnation, roman forum, simon magus, simony, st. paul, st. peter, tyre |