Diodorus Siculus, "The Library of Antiquity" FRAGMENTS OF BOOKS XXXIV AND XXXV 1. When King Antiochus, says Diodorus, was laying siege to Jerusalem, the Jews held out for a time. But when all their supplies were exhausted, they found themselves compelled to make overtures for a cessation of hostilities. Now the majority of his friends advised the king to take

Before I analyze the etymology of the word Torah, which in the common dictionary meaning is said to come from the Proto-Semitic for "teach" or "instruct" and sometimes, "the law," I would like to direct anyone interested to an excellent book that will add to everyone's historical understanding and chronological spacial reasoning: Book Recommendation Anthony, David (2007) The Horse, the

The following quotes are from writers throughout the ages, church fathers, rabbis, ministers and theologians, in which they admit to the trick of religion or which suggest their collusion to put forward a deceptive system for purposes of social and political control. "I find no other means to prove myself to be impudent with success, and happily a fool, than

It may surprise you to learn that there was no such language in the ancient world called Hebrew. The Canaanites, from whom Jews emerge at least in some number, spoke a language called Canaanite, Canaan, Qana'an, or by the Greeks, Phoenician. In fact, the Torah itself tells us that the language it is written in is called SFT QNN or