Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00022)

I cannot read Freud. There is too much on my little head already. I read
genesis many, many times. Sorry, I don't remember any volcano. Some think
that Mt Sinai behaved like a volcano at that time, and it doesn't look like.
I saw a movie a year or two ago in our educational t.v., before Passover,
and they discovered the Santorini erupted with tremendous force during the
time of Exodus, and the force was so huge, that stones flunged from the
volcano and fell on Egypt. They found volcnic rocks which belonged to
Santorini in Egypt. This explains many of the cataclysms like the darkness,
hail, the *torn* Red Sea, etc. The Hebrews never worshipped any volcano,
there are no volcanos in Palestine, only in the Golan Heights, and they are
dead for many thousands of years. The Children of Israel lived in Palestine
for about 1300 years, I guess since they entered Canaan after Exodus. I
guess Dershowitz is some kind of American humor which I am not sure what is
it. He is a lawyer, I guess.



> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Etzion Becker <etvionbb@n...>
> wrote:
> > I have never heard about two Moses. I don't see any mention about
> volcanos
> > in the Bible.
>
> Read Freud, MOSES AND MONOTHEISM. The Exodus story is filled with
> references to a volcano, which suggests another hero who lived far to
> the north of Egypt and whose legend was mistakenly merged with that
> of the Egyptian Moses by the exodus writer. Apparently this "other"
> Moses relates to a time when the Hebrews worshipped a volcano,
> probably with an interest to placating it so it would not destroy
> their community. The fact that the fellow who compiled and preserved
> the legends for us mistook these two men for the same person suggests
> to scholars that they might have had the same name or similar names.
>
> Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by a volcanic eruption.
>
> > Arabs, or the sons of Ishmael were roaming beduins, nomads
>
> They were nomads just as the ancient Hebrews were nomads.
>
> > In Jewish tradition, [much before Arabic invasion
> > into Palestine], mentioned that the Jews will rule Palestine for
> 1300 years,
> > then the Arabs will rule it for 1300 years.
>
> Very interesting indeed. Thanks for the reference. Does the
> tradition suggest that the first 1300 years begins with the end of
> the Rxile? Am I interpreting it correctly?
>
> > Lord Abraham was about to sacrifice his
> > son Issac to God.
>
> I think you are confused. I heard Alan Dershowitz talk about this
> legend one time and I believe he said it was Isaac who wanted to
> sacrifice his son. Dershowitz said he would have had Isaac indicted.