Can someone explain to me why is '' Isaiah 37 '' is almost identical word for word to '' 2 Kings 19 ''? Who were the authors of those books? When were they written? Who is copying whom?
Can someone explain to me why is '' Isaiah 37 '' is almost identical word for word to '' 2 Kings 19 ''? Who were the authors of those books? When were they written? Who is copying whom?
The first part of Isaiah was written by somebody named Isaiah. The second part, from which you are quoting, was written by somebody else and added.Can someone explain to me why is '' Isaiah 37 '' is almost identical word for word to '' 2 Kings 19 ''? Who were the authors of those books? When were they written? Who is copying whom?
Rasta said:All Abrahamic mythology can be traced back to Sumerian, Egyptian, or Greek mythology.
Can someone explain to me why is '' Isaiah 37 '' is almost identical word for word to '' 2 Kings 19 ''? Who were the authors of those books? When were they written? Who is copying whom?
It was Jeremiah. He did it.The first part of Isaiah was written by somebody named Isaiah. The second part, from which you are quoting, was written by somebody else and added.
I don't think anybody knows for certain, but I imagine that Kings was written first and that parts of it were copied onto the end of Isaiah to complete the story.
Actually, a combination of Canaanite and Zoroastrian elements seems more likely.
wikipedia said:Many stories in Sumerian religion appear similar to stories in other Middle-Eastern religions. For example, the Biblical account of the creation of man as well as Noah's flood resemble the Sumerian tales very closely, though the Sumerian myths were written many centuries earlier than the Tanakh. Gods and Goddesses from Sumer have distinctly similar representations in the religions of the Akkadians, Canaanites, and others. A number of stories and deities have Greek parallels as well; for example, it has been argued by some that Inanna's descent into the underworld strikingly recalls (and predates) the story of Persephone.
Seeing as the Israelites were more closely related to the Canaanites than the Sumerians, and the ideas of the Abrahamic religions more closely resemble those of Zoroastrianism.
Besides the extinct Essenes, Jews don't seem to have much in common with Zoroastrianism to me. So it seems that Zoroastrianism is probably a later influence on Abrahamic religions. I mean, it definitely influenced their beliefs in some way when the Persians liberated the Jews from Babylon, but for most Jews, their beliefs don't seem to share the major characteristics of Zoroastrianism.Quoting something that is less than a few hundred years old without mentioning who the author was is plagiarism. Quoting something that is more than a few hundred years old you often do not need to name the author because people will know who you're quoting already.
The Qur'an refers to things mentioned in the Bible, but no (reasonable) person would accuse Muhammed of plagiarism.
Actually, a combination of Canaanite and Zoroastrian elements seems more likely. Seeing as the Israelites were more closely related to the Canaanites than the Sumerians, and the ideas of the Abrahamic religions more closely resemble those of Zoroastrianism.
All Abrahamic mythology can be traced back to Sumerian, Egyptian, or Greek mythology.
Sumerian mythology contains the story of the creation of man, the great flood, and the tower of Babel, as well as a mythology that is rife with demonology borrowed by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Besides the extinct Essenes, Jews don't seem to have much in common with Zoroastrianism to me. So it seems that Zoroastrianism is probably a later influence on Abrahamic religions. I mean, it definitely influenced their beliefs in some way when the Persians liberated the Jews from Babylon, but for most Jews, their beliefs don't seem to share the major characteristics of Zoroastrianism.
Both Christianity and Islam share the main Zoroastrian idea of good vs evil, with a good deity and an evil deity that is a significant, albeit beatable threat against that good deity. Besides the Essenes, Jews never gave Satan the the position of archenemy against God that Christians and to some extent Muslims gave him.