The Akitu festival was celebrated twice a year in ancient Mesopotamia, most notably at the beginning of the Babylonian calendar’s first month, Nisannu (March-April), and again in the seventh month, Tashritu (September-October).
And it did, indeed, facilitate the merging of many different cultures: Atlantean, Egyptian, Cretan, Phoenician, Hebrew, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Macedonian, and Roman.
And it did, indeed, facilitate the merging of many different cultures: Atlantean, Egyptian, Cretan, Phoenician, Hebrew, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Macedonian, and Roman.
Baal inspires Canaanite/Israelite conflicts, opposes Faithist prophets like Elijah (~900 BCE), and influences Assyrian/Babylonian events.
Baal sends warring angels to incite Assyrian (~800 BCE) and Babylonian (~600 BCE) invasions, weakening Israelite Faithists through captivities and divisions (Book of Eskra, Chapter XX).
Dagon was the Philistine’s name for a powerful one from the past, who like the Babylonian Oannes, was semiaquatic.
Dagon was the Philistine’s name for a powerful one from the past, who like the Babylonian Oannes, was semiaquatic.
"Go and cut off Tiamat’s life, and let the winds convey her blood to secret places." (This is a direct quote from ancient Babylonian texts, such as the Enuma Elish, cited in the chapter to describe the destruction of Tiamat.)
Babylonian priests knew the true lunar year is about 354 days and the solar year 365¼ days.
The Atrahasis Epic (Old Babylonian version, c.
The pillar appears only in the late Priestly layer (P), written after the Babylonian exile (6th–5th century BCE).→ P deliberately inserted an archaic, prestigious motif to make the wilderness march look like the great divine campaigns of Mesopotamia and Canaan.
These religions trace back to Sumerian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Phoenician, Canaanite, and Hindu traditions, reflecting a shared ancient story.
This narrative, rooted in Babylonian and Phoenician stories, likely encodes a regional cataclysm rather than a global deluge.
Its roots in ancient astrotheology connect modern spirituality to the wisdom of Sumerians, Babylonians, and other ancient cultures.
This approach reveals biblical stories as adaptations of Sumerian and Babylonian narratives about sky people.
The Babylonian Enuma Elish features Marduk defeating Tiamat, using her body to form the sky and earth, and creating humans from divine blood and dirt to serve the gods.
This numerology provides evidence of Babylonian (or broader Mesopotamian) influence on the source material.
The base-60 system is distinctly Mesopotamian, used in Babylonian mathematics and astronomy, and absent from native Hebrew decimal counting.
Scholars note this influence likely occurred through cultural contact, possibly during the Babylonian exile (6th century BCE) when Jewish scribes encountered these motifs, or earlier via trade and migration in the ancient Near East.
Berossus, a third-century BCE Babylonian priest, described ten kings ruling for a total of 432,000 years.
Some view this as borrowing from Babylonian sources, while others propose a shared historical or oral tradition distorted in non-biblical versions.
The pattern in the years aligns with the Mesopotamian sexagesimal (base-60) system, which came from Sumerian and Babylonian cultures around 3000–2000 BCE (or older).
The Akitu festival was celebrated twice a year in ancient Mesopotamia, most notably at the beginning of the Babylonian calendar’s first month, Nisannu (March-April), and again in the seventh month, Tashritu (September-October).
He rules hadan heavens in Arabin'ya (Middle East) and Heleste (Greece), inspires violent worship in Canaan and Greece (as Baal or Zeus), incites wars and captivities against Faithists, opposes prophets like Elijah, and manipulates events like Assyrian and Babylonian invasions.
Baal and Ashtaroth inspire the Assyrian (722 BCE) and Babylonian (587 BCE) captivities of the Israelites, weakening Faithist communities (Book of Wars Against Jehovih, Chapter LII).
Baal and Ashtaroth inspire Assyrian (722 BCE) and Babylonian (587 BCE) captivities of Israelites.
A significant number of cultures—Hebrew, Babylonian, Armenian, Filipino, and others—carry stories of cataclysmic floods.
The Anunnaki in Babylonian tradition
The Babylonians speak of Oannes and the Apkallu
Source: Enuma Elish, Babylonian creation epic (circa 18th–12th century BCE, translated).
Ancient Mesopotamian and Babylonian cultures, known for their rich literary traditions, often reference a great flood in texts like the Epic of Atrahasis and the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Mesopotamian and Babylonian cultures, dating back to the late third millennium BCE, are renowned for their flood myths, such as the Epic of Atrahasis (c.
While no Mesopotamian or Babylonian text explicitly describes two floods, the archaeological findings of multiple flood layers suggest that oral traditions may have combined memories of various floods into a single narrative.
Later texts, like Berossus's Babylonian History (3rd century BCE), also describe a single flood, reinforcing the literary focus on one event.
During the Babylonian captivity, the Hebrew people encountered another influential teacher—Zarathustra (also known as Nazarath or Zeratas).
14 from David to the Babylonian exile
The period of kings to Babylonian captivity = development of inner life