Atlantis in the Old Testament
Psalms
Wisdom Literature: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
Estimated Date: Earliest psalms may date to c.
Reason: Some psalms are attributed to King David (c.
However, the Book of Psalms as a collection was compiled over many centuries.
Psalm 24:7: "Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in." This verse personifies gates and could be seen as a metaphor for welcoming divine presence.
Jerusalem
Psalm 122:3-4 (Literal Translation):"Jerusalem, built as a city that is bound firmly together, to which the tribes go up, the tribes of YHWH, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of YHWH."
The Island Tarshish
Context: This psalm, attributed to Solomon, expresses a prayer for the king's dominion and the respect of foreign nations.
Psalm 110:4: This psalm, attributed to David, references Melchizedek in a prophecy about the coming Messiah, indicating a priesthood that is eternal and unlike the traditional Levitical priesthood.
It appears in several places in the Hebrew Bible, such as Psalms and Deuteronomy, often in poetic or elevated language.
Context: A psalm of David, expressing trust and praise for God's righteousness.
Context: A psalm of praise for God's wonderful deeds.
Context: A psalm celebrating God's kingship over all the earth.
Context: A psalm of trust and protection under God's care.
The Baal Cycle
By examining the Baal Myth, readers can better recognize the echoes of these elements in biblical passages such as the Psalms, the Prophets, Genesis, and Exodus.
This imagery reflects Psalm 29, which describes the power and majesty of Yahweh, paralleling Canaanite depictions of Baal.
The journey evokes imagery from the Psalms, where descending into the earth symbolizes death.
Psalm 82, for example, speaks to the mortality of those who claim divinity, a theme mirrored in Baal's realization of his mortality in the face of Mot's power.
Anath's grief echoes the biblical imagery of drinking tears and mourning deeply, as seen in Psalm 80.
Trinity: El, YHWH, Asherah
Biblical Reference: Psalm 3:3 - "But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high."
Biblical Reference: Psalm 18:2 - "The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."Alternative: "Adonai is my stronghold and my fortress, my deliverer; my divine protectors are my refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my secure stronghold."
Stars and Constellations
Notably, it includes the Old Testament (in the Septuagint version) and the New Testament, although it lacks portions of Genesis, the Psalms, and the Pastoral Epistles, among others.
Psalm 8:3-4:
Psalm 147:4:
Psalm 78:24 - It mentions that God rained down manna for the people to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.
Rephaites
Secondly, in various other scriptures like Isaiah 26:14, Psalms 88:11, Proverbs 9:18, and Isaiah 14:9, it refers to spirits in the Jewish afterlife, Sheol, typically implying departed spirits.