Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

  Esarhaddon a tolerable fit for King Nebuchednezzar   Part Four: Siege of the City of Tyre   by   Damien F. Mackey       “But as Steinmann points out ... the method of attack (vv. 8-9) is not that employed by Alexander but is similar to that of attackers previous to Nebuchednezzar (e.g., Esarhaddon in 673)”.   Arnold J. Tkacik     Fr. Arnold J. Tkacik (OSB) has written what I would consider to be a most helpful and enlightening commentary on the extremely complex biblical Book of Ezekiel in his article, “Ezekiel”, for The Jerome Biblical Commentary (1968). I refer more especially to the exegetical (or religious-spiritual) aspect of his commentary than to the historical side of it. Though, even in this latter regard - or at least as regards the chronology of the book - Fr. Tkacik has arrived at what I think are some telling conclusions.   However, if this present series is correc...

by   Damien F. Mackey     Razis was a “Father of the Jews”. This is our first connection with Ezra, who is called, in Jewish tradition, “Father of Judaïsm”.         Ezekiel   Fr. Arnold J. Tkacik (OSB), writing of the fact that the prophet Ezekiel had prophesied both a fall and then a rise of Israel (or the Jews), will proceed to comment (“Ezekiel”, The Jerome Biblical Commentary, 21:2): “[Ezekiel’s] contribution to the birth of the new order is so pregnant that he has been called, rightly or wrongly, the father of Judaism”.   And again we read: https://new-birth.net/samuels-messages/76-sermons-on-the-old-testament-given-by-jesus/sermon-59-ezekiel-gained-the-title-of-father-of-judaism/   Sermon 59 - Ezekiel gained the title of “Father of Judaism.”   April 15th, 1963 Received by Dr Samuels Washington D.C.   And further, at: https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literat...

  by   Damien F. Mackey     Reading through the accounts of the kings of Israel in Kings and Chronicles, I was really surprised to find that Jeroboam II does not figure in Chronicles.     Suspecting this morning (16 th September, 2019), once again, that there may be some degree of duplication amongst the listings of the kings of Israel of the Divided Monarchy period, which thought prompted me later today to write:   Bible Bashing Baasha problem king of Israel. Part One: Reprising my earlier Baasha View   https://www.academia.edu/40361733/Bible_Bashing_Baasha_problem_king_of_Israel._Part_One_Reprising_my_earlier_Baasha_view   and then r eading through the accounts of the kings of Israel in Kings and Chronicles, I was really surprised to find that Jeroboam II does not figure in Chronicles. That I was not mistaken or deluding myself about this was confirmed when I read introductory parts of Todd...

    by   Damien F. Mackey             “… there is no known relief depiction of Shalmaneser V …”.           With that particular quote, on a previous occasion, I had introduced my brief article:   Shalmaneser V and Nebuchednezzar II were 'camera-shy'?   https://www.academia.edu/39268008/Shalmaneser_V_and_Nebuchednezzar_II_were_camera-shy   While it might reasonably be expected that ancient kings to whom great deeds are attributed - as is the case with Shalmaneser V (despite his supposedly short reign) and, far more especially, with Nebuchednezzar ‘the Great’ - would have abundant statues and relief depictions dedicated to them, it was found in the above article that there is virtually nothing of this nature for these two kings combined.     That irregular situation, to my way of thinking, screams out the need for alter egos. And the...

    by   Damien F. Mackey         The patriarch Jacob (= Israel) and his celebrated son, Joseph, appear to have left some fairly substantial imprints upon archaïc Egypt of the era of pharaoh Zoser (Third Dynasty).             “Patterns of evidence” is presently being touted as a most useful methodology – and rightly so. The era of the substantial Third Dynasty pharaoh, Zoser (c. 2670 BC, conventional dating) has been favoured by some revisionists - myself included - as being the most likely time for Jacob and Joseph in Egypt, with Zoser’s vizier, Imhotep, thereby accepted as Joseph. That would necessitate a lowering of pharaoh Zoser on the time scale by about a millennium. Among the “patterns of evidence” for this scenario are the highly important reference to a seven-year famine; the Step Pyramid, reminding one of Jacob’s dream of a Stairway to Heaven; and, as I no...