Maybe Moses really had horns

[smaneck]

That is true, although I suspect the Jewish exiles would be immersed in Persian culture while only transferring a smidgen or two of Jewish culture in the other direction.

Why would they be immersed in Persian culture? They were exiled to Iraq by the Babylonians, not Iran. The Persians sent them back home. Now obviously a lot did not go and we do find Jews living in Iran as in the story of Esther and Mordecai, but it would be an exaggeration to say that Jews as a whole were immersed in Persian culture.

I think most of the Jewish influence would be in cooking, art, music, crafts, etc. Religious jobs would probably be closed to Jews, so their influence would be small. Meanwhile the Jews would be under great pressure to adopt the culture and religion of the Persians.

As I indicated earlier most of the influence that can be documented occurs during the Hellenistic period when both Jews and Zoroastrians are being oppressed by the Greeks.

Also, if we agree that the Jews were originally polytheistic and at most monolatrous, then dualism was inherent.There was the good god Yahweh and the bad gods of the foreigners.

I disagree. The Tanakh does not indicate that other gods are bad. Jews were told to worship Yahweh because He is the one who brought them out of Egypt and they owe it to Him.

 

[ToBeLoved]

Actually no. Dr. William Dever who was the head of the department where I got my Master's degree, has literally dug up tons of evidence for the worship of Ashereh. And I say literally dug up, because he is a biblical archaeologist.



Google is my friend largely because it helps me find what I already know on the internet. For instance Dr. Dever's findings are discussed here:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/archeology-hebrew-bible.html



Or just maybe you are the one who doesn't know what you are talking about.

I'm sorry if I'm not impressed by your 5 scholars on the internet that have no faith, nor do they believe, nor are they led by God. I've seen many not smart people with Master's degrees. Sorry. They memorize facts. Take tests. Get degrees.

They have time, not talent.

 

[smaneck]

Share your half baked posts with each other. You obviously are not looking for truth, but to build upon your ego and theories.

If you don't want to post here, feel free not to, but your personal attacks are unwarranted. If what I'm saying is false, how come I'm the one who can produce biblical evidence of what I'm saying and you can't?

 

[ToBeLoved]

Why would they be immersed in Persian culture? They were exiled to Iraq by the Babylonians, not Iran. The Persians sent them back home. Now obviously a lot did not go and we do find Jews living in Iran as in the story of Esther and Mordecai, but it would be an exaggeration to say that Jews as a whole were immersed in Persian culture.



As I indicated earlier most of the influence that can be documented occurs during the Hellenistic period when both Jews and Zoroastrians are being oppressed by the Greeks.



I disagree. The Tanakh does not indicate that other gods are bad. Jews were told to worship Yahweh because He is the one who brought them out of Egypt and they owe it to Him.

Did they teach you that while you were getting your degree? So now you understand religion, because two faiths were in exile together? You don't know Jack. The Bible outlines exactly how much they mixed with that culture. They did not. Jews don't mix with Christians. Islam does not mix with either. See how that goes? Religion when you believe in ONE GOD, does not mix.

 

[smaneck]

I'm sorry if I'm not impressed by your 5 scholars on the internet that have no faith, nor do they believe, nor are they led by God. I've seen many not smart people with Master's degrees. Sorry. They memorize facts. Take tests. Get degrees.
They have time, not talent.

I have a PhD for your information. I mentioned getting my Master's degree only because that is where I got to personally know Dr. William Dever and his work. As for Dr. Dever's faith, I don't know how that is relevant but he began his work as a Christian but by the time I knew him he had converted to Judaism. I have heard he is now agnostic. I believe those changes were likely the result of what he found as a biblical archaeologist. And archaeologists, incidentally, don't memorize facts, and take tests. They dig stuff up and then analyze them. Unlike historians like myself they have to be good with their hands as well as their heads. Every stick of furniture in Dr. Dever's house he had made with his own hands.
A truly amazing man. I'm sorry you have such a need to defame in order to preserve your faith. Faith shouldn't be based on that kind of fear.

 

[smaneck]

Did they teach you that while you were getting your degree? So now you understand religion, because two faiths were in exile together?

The Persians weren't in exile, they were simply conquered by Alexander the Great. Before that Israel was ruled by Persians but the Jews did not resent their rule because they were not oppressed like they had been under the Babylonians and the Assyrians.

The Bible outlines exactly how much they mixed with that culture. They did not. Jews don't mix with Christians. Islam does not mix with either. See how that goes? Religion when you believe in ONE GOD, does not mix.

I can see you don't mix with Jews or Muslims, but you probably should let these other religions speak for themselves. I believe in one God and my religion tells me to consort with the followers of all religions.

 

[smaneck]

Cat worship is assumed for all cultures that have cats

I don't know about worshiping them, but they certainly expect us to serve them.

 

[smaneck]

Now I see.
What a good atheist you are.

Obviously you don't see, because I'm not an atheist.

Many people are scholars of what they do not personally understand. A scholar believes in hypothesis, not truth.

Obviously you don't understand scholarship either. Scholars don't 'believe' hypothesis they make them. Afterwards they test them to determine whether they are true or not.

A Biblical archaelogist has nothing to do wtih belief or Christianity.

That part is correct at least.

They are taught, they do not think. They learn, they do not discover.

I guess you don't understand biblical archaeology if you think that. Archaeologist investigate. They go on digs, not listen to lectures. Your problem is they don't listen to sermons either.

 

[FreeinChrist]

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