Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Jehu king of Israel was not the squeamish type

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by Damien F. Mackey “When Ishmael lures the pilgrims to Mizpah, he slaughtered them and flung them into the cistern (bor) (Jer. 41...
Sunday, August 18, 2024

Having lifted and removed some major settlements of Sumer, like a keen dentist eagerly extracting teeth, is it time now to lift and remove Sumer as well?

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by Damien F. Mackey Amazingly - though not really surprisingly under the circumstances - Lagash and Girsu seem to ‘fall permanent...
Friday, August 2, 2024

Might Dr. Velikovsky have been right after all about Mesha of Moab?

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by Damien F. Mackey “In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and...
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Hiel of Bethel builds Jericho

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by Damien F. Mackey Joshua 6:26: “At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: ‘Cursed before the LORD is the one who undertake...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Elijah a master of the taunt

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“‘The Elijah Stories’ remember Elijah as a performer - an artist whose words and gestures riveted themselves into Israel’s memory. His...
Sunday, May 5, 2024

Haman and his shrewd wife, Zeresh, remind us of Ahab and wife, Jezebel

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“With Haman and his wife Zeresh, we see a parallel with King Ahab and his wife Jezebel. Like Haman, Ahab was rebuffed by Naboth and t...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Sumur in Amarna letters of Rib-Addi

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by Damien F. Mackey “Velikovsky called this Rib-Addi king of Gubla and Sumur (var. Sumura) … which EA cities he had tried to equate ...