What great trading empire dominated the Mediterranean from the Ugarit to Carthage?

How is Jack Hunter like Indiana Jones?

Jack Hunter, the central character in the Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit mini-series, draws heavily from elements of the Indiana Jones series: the protagonist is an archeologist/treasure hunter, wears similar clothing (fedora, shirt, satchel, etc.), gets out of tight jams like Indy, exotic locales, serialized-style adventure story, similar marketing motifs (movie logo, posters, etc.). Some reviewers called this series the "poor-man's Indy".

What is the religion of the Phoenicians?

The Phoenicians worshipped a triad of deities, each having different names and attributes depending upon the city in which they were worshipped, although their basic nature remained the same. The primary god was El, protector of the universe, but often called Baal. The son, Baal or Melqart, symbolized the annual cycle of vegetation and was associated with the female deity Astarte in her role as the maternal goddess. She was called Asherar-yam, our lady of the sea, and in Byblos she was Baalat, our dear lady. Astarte was linked with mother goddesses of neighboring cultures, in her role as combined heavenly mother and earth mother. Cult statues of Astarte in many different forms were left as votive offerings in shrines and sanctuaries as prayers for good harvest, for children, and for protection and tranquility in the home. The Phoenician triad was incorporated in varying degrees by their neighbors and Baal and Astarte eventually took on the look of Greek deities. - Baal (ba'al), plural Baalim (ba'allm) [Semitic,= possessor], name used throughout the Old Testament for the deity or deities of Canaan. The term was originally applied to various local gods, but by the time of the Ugarit tablets (14th cent. B.C.), Baal had become the ruler of the universe. Baal (Hadad) is regularly denominated "the son of Dagan," although Dagan (biblical Dagon) does not appear as an actor in the mythological texts. Baal also bears the titles "Rider of the Clouds," "Almighty," and "Lord of the Earth." He is the god of the thunderstorm, the most vigorous and aggressive of the gods, the one on whom mortals most immediately depend. Baal resides on Mount Zaphon, north of Ugarit, and is usually depicted holding a thunderbolt. Baal, also known as El. In 1978, Israeli archaeologists excavating at an eighth-century B.C. site in the eastern Sinai desert found several Hebrew inscriptions mentioning Ba'al and El in the form of "Elohim," a name used to refer to God in the Hebrew Bible. Further, whenever the Jews refer to God or our God they use "Eloh, Elohaino or Elohim."

Who was the wisest man in Babylon?

The answer is phrofet Daniel. He was Taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, he serves the king and his successors until the time of the Persian conqueror Cyrus, all the while remaining true to the God of Israel. Most scholars see the book as a cryptic allusion to the reign of the Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE), and the broad consensus is that Daniel never existed. A clay tablet from Ugarit dated c.1360 BCE mentions a Danel (Daniel) known for his wisdom and righteousness; much later, in the 6th century BCE, the Book of Ezekiel refers to a legendary Daniel famed for wisdom and righteousness; and later again a 2nd-century work called the Book of Jubilees mentions a legendary Daniel who lived before Noah's Flood. While it is unlikely that Ezekiel or the authors of the Book of Daniel were aware of the Canaanite stories, this legendary Daniel, remembered from long ago, became the human hero of the book that bears his name

What book did King David help write?

Biblical tradition ascribed much of the Book of Psalms to King David.However, scholars say that the psalms were a literary genre unknown at the time attributed to David. They say that they were really written over a period of more than two hundred years, during and after the Babylonian Exile.Moreover many of the psalms so attributed are anomalous when placed in the biblical context of David, while others show clear evidence of having been written during the Babylonian Exile or thereafter. David did not help write the Book of Psalms or any other book in the Bible.

What event transformed the Hebrew religion from polytheism to monotheism?

The first attempts to transform the Hebrew religion occurred after the Assyrian conquest of the northern kingdom, Israel, in 722 BCE. Large numbers of Israelite refugees had flooded south into Judah, apparently creating ethnic tensions. Monotheism was to become seen a solution to divergent religious beliefs.Yahweh was the principal God of Judah, and some scholars believe that long before the fall of Israel there had already been a small Yahweh-only (monotheist) sect, but that it was constantly at loggerheads with the monarchy, evidenced by the anti-monarchical tirades written into the Deuteronomic History. King Hezekiah seems to have adopted monotheism as the official religion, but this did not survive his death, as his son Manasseh returned to polytheism. However, in the seventh century BCE, King Josiah once again sought to impose monotheism as the state religion of Judah.Although Judah is often thought to have become completely monotheistic after the time of Josiah, it is clear from the biblical account that he was only partly successful in his campaign to stamp out polytheism, which continued to thrive among the Jews into the Babylonian Exile.The Babylonian conquest and the Exile ended forever the reign of the Judahite kings, leaving the priests as the only viable leadership for the Jewish people. The priests (or at least the most important ones) were monotheists and began to rewrite Jewish history, as well as ridiculing the old gods and the practices of polytheism. Both Jeremiah and Ezekiel referred to the gods as defiling themselves, using the words for human excrement. Gradually the power of the priesthood and their unrelenting propaganda transformed the Hebrew religion into the monotheistic faith we know today.After their conquest of the Babylonian Empire, the Persians allowed the Jews to return, and contributed financial resources and personnel to re-establish monotheistic Judaism in Jerusalem and to teach the Jews about their own (Jewish) religion. The Persians were also monotheistic and believed that it did not matterwhat you call Ahura Mazda, as long as you worship him.Nevertheless, some remnants of polytheism appear to have survived into the early centuries of the common era. For example, we can see evidence of Lady Wisdom being worshipped in the Jewish diaspora until at least the end of the first century CE.AnswerDictionaries define "Judaism" as The monotheistic religion of the Jews, since the founding principle of Judaism was and is the belief in One God, creator of the universe. This was the teaching which was spread by Abraham, and has continued since then. From Judaism, belief in One God has spread through the Western world. Jews have always worshiped the One God. Abraham worshiped "the Lord God of Heaven and Earth" (Genesis 14:22 and 24:3) and complained about the Philistines' lack of fear of God (Genesis 20:11).Jacob confiscated the idolatrous images taken from Shechem (Genesis 35:2) and got rid of them (Genesis 35:4); and refrained from invoking the gods of Nahor (Genesis 31:53). Rachel pilfered Laban's statue-images (Genesis 31:19) in order to prevent him from idolatry (Rashi commentary, ibid.). Joseph placed his hope in the God of the Forefathers (Genesis 50:24).At the time of the Exodus, God wrecked the Egyptian idols (Exodus 12:12) and warned against idolatry (Exodus 22:19). Later, Moses characterized the Golden Calf as "a great sin" (Exodus 32:21, 30) and punished the worshipers (Exodus ch.32). During the rest of his lifetime and that of Joshua (Judges 2:7), no incidents of Israelite idolatry were reported. Shortly before he died, Moses warned the people that he suspected that they would eventually succumb to the lure of the idols (Deuteronomy 29:17). Joshua gave a similar warning (Joshua ch.24).These warnings came true. Many of the Israelites went astray after the foreign gods (Judges 2:11). However, they never invented their own idol. It was always the baneful influence of other peoples. And there were times when the entire Israelite nation repented (Judges 2:1-4) and prayed to God (Judges 3:9, 3:15, 6:6, 10:10).Those who did sin did not represent or influence normative Judaism, just as the later Sadducees and Essenes did not. They were deviating from the Torah's standard; they were publicly, repeatedly, and scathingly excoriated by the prophets, and they caused God's retribution to come upon the entire people (2 Kings ch.17). Because of the idol-worship that did happen, ancient images of idols have been found in Israel too. Images of God aren't found because it is forbidden to represent Him through imagery (Deuteronomy 4:15-16).It should be noted that idolatry was never universal among the Israelites. The belief in One God was continued in every generation, whether by the few or the many; and it is those who handed down that tradition whose beliefs we Jews continue today. Deborah ascribed victory to God (Judges 4:14), Gideon tore down the idolatrous altar (Judges 6:25-27); Samson prayed to God (Judges 16:28), as did Hannah (1 Samuel 1:11) and Samuel (ibid. 12:18); Eli blessed in the name of God (1 Samuel 2:20), Saul built an altar to God (1 Samuel 14:35); Jonathan ascribed victory to God (1 Samuel 14:12), as did David (1 Samuel 17:46); and Solomon built the Temple for God (1 Kings 8:20). A number of the kings "did what was right in God's eyes": David (1 Kings 15:5), Solomon (see 1 Kings 3:3), Asa (1 Kings 15:11), Yehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:43), Yehu (2 Kings 10:30), Yehoash (2 Kings 12:3), Amatziah (2 Kings 14:3), Azariah (2 Kings 15:3), Yotam (2 Kings 15:34), Hizkiah (2 Kings 18:3), and Josiah (2 Kings 22:2). Part of this righteousness was their destroying whatever idolatrous incursions had occurred among the populace (1 Samuel 7:3-4, 2 Chronicles 15:8, 2 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Kings 18:4). Even at the height of the unfortunate spread of idolatry among the less-loyal Ten Tribes, there were thousands who remained loyal to God (1 Kings 19:18).How reliable is the Jewish tradition?"Although critics contended that the Hebrew Bible is untrustworthy, time and time again, the archaeological record supports places, times, and events mentioned in Scripture." (Professor John Arthur Thompson, The Bible and Archaeology). The personal names Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are names of the time and area mentioned in the Bible (ibid). "One city after another, one civilization after another, one culture after another, who were known only from the Bible, have been restored to their place in ancient history through archaeology" (Prof. Gleason Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction).No parchment, scroll, or inscription has ever been found that would support the Bible-critics' JEPD (different sources) hypothesis, which remains a set of mere postulates. And those ancient writers who mention, describe, summarize or translate the Torah (Josephus, Samaritans, Targum, Septuagint etc.), describe it in its complete form.Archaeological finds, such as the Ugarit documents and those of Nuzu, Mari, Susa, Ebla, and Tel el-Amarna, have repeatedly caused the critics to retract their claims. The entire social milieu portrayed in the Torah, once criticized as anachronistic, has been shown to be accurate, including customs of marriage, adoption, contracts, inheritance, purchases, utensils, modes of travel, people's names and titles, etc. Professor Gleason Archer states: "In case after case where inaccuracy was alleged as proof of late and spurious authorship of the biblical documents, the Hebrew record has been vindicated by the results of excavations, and the condemnatory judgment of the Documentary theorists have been proved to be without foundation."

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