Lot, a biblical figure, was the son of Haran, who was the son of Terah, and Terah was also a father of Abram, later known as Abraham. Terah, his son Abraham, his nephew Lot and his family quit the Sumerian city of Ur and moved first to the city of Harran and then to Egypt. … Read more
Jonah (Hebrew: יוֹנָה Yona, literally “dove”; St. Greek: Ἰωνᾶς) is an Israeli prophet who lived in the 8th century B.C., coming from Gath-Hepher (Gat-Hefer), a city located in the territory of Zebulun in the Lower Galilee, between Nazareth and Capernaum. According to the Bible, Jonah was sent by Yahweh to the capital of Assyria, Nineveh, … Read more
Many people around the world probably know the story of Noah, the Ark and the great flood. I would like to deal with the character of Neoah before he got into the Ark and saved his family and one pair of each animal. According to the Quran, Noah’s wife was Waila, Jewish tradition gives her … Read more
Asherah (/ˈæʃərə/; Hebrew: אֲשֵׁרָה (ʾíšērā); Ugaritic: ðŽ€ðŽ˜ðŽ—ðŽš (ʾAṯiratu); Akkadian: Aširat; is a great goddess of ancient Semitic religion. She also appears in Hittite writings as Ašerdu(s) or Ašertu(s). For the Amorites was called Aṯeratum and Athiratu in Ugarit. Significantly, Yahweh and Asherah were a married couple in ancient Israel and Judah. Yahweh (or Jehovah) (Hebrew: … Read more
What does it mean to take someone to heaven in a society dominated by many religions in which God or Gods reside in heaven and have supernatural powers? Isn’t this a form of death by which we, simple people, explain the end of life and being taken to heaven? This is a very simplified but … Read more
