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English: An account of barley rations issued monthly to adults (30 or 40 pints) and children (20 pints) written in Cuneiform on clay tablet, written in year 4 of King Urukagina (circa 2350 BCE). From Ngirsu, Iraq. British Museum, London. BM 102081 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Archaeologist s say writings on an ancient tablet confirm there was a global flood and an ark that carried animals.  A recently deciphered 4,000-year-old clay tablet , discovered in modern-day Iraq -- which is ancient Mesopotamia -- reveals striking similarities to the biblical account of Noah . The tablet describes a massive flood that destroys the earth and instructions that animals should be loaded onto the craft "two by two." The tablet differs from scripture in its description of the ark. It tells of a giant round vessel, two-thirds the size of a soccer field. In the book of Genesis , God commands Noah to build a longer vessel, providing specific dimensions that are not round. Experts say o

I. In the Old Testament a. Introduction Under the influence of Roman law, a slave is usually considered to be a person (male or female) owned by another, without rights, and—like any other form of personal property—to be used and disposed of in whatever way the owner may wish. In the ancient biblical East, however, slaves could and did acquire various rights before the law or by custom, and these included ownership (even of other slaves) and the power to conduct business while they were yet under their masters’ control. Slavery is attested from the earliest times throughout the ancient Near East, and owed its existence and perpetuation primarily to economic factors. b. Sources of slaves (i) By capture. Captives, especially prisoners of war, were commonly reduced to slavery (Gn. 14:21, claimed by the king of Sodom; Nu. 31:9; Dt. 20:14; 21:10ff.; Jdg. 5:30; 1 Sa. 4:9 (cf. RSV); 2 Ki. 5:2; 2 Ch. 28:8, 10ff.), a custom that goes back as far as written documents themselves, to rou

Genesis Tablet Theory Authors: Ken & Valorie Emilio. In our six-part article discussing the Genesis tablet-theory we will present the following terms and concepts:  - Genesis writings parallel the writing-format of ancient Near Eastern tablets. - JEDP Documentary Hypothesis is obsolete. - "Wiseman Hypothesis," Percy & Donald Wiseman, Assyriologist . - R.K. Harrison, Cuneiform & Mesopotamian Historiography. - Colophons & Toledoths (genealogies follow completed texts). - Ancient literary devices in Genesis. - Genesis consists of eye-witness accounts. - 2nd. Millennium B.C. writing-practices found in Genesis. - Moses , author & editor of tablets. Ask an Elder: Q. Do you know who wrote Genesis? In college we were taught the Documentary Hypothesis which suggests that several authors wrote the Torah long after the time of Moses.  In fact, the religion department says that Genesis was taken from multiple oral traditions and ancient Near Eastern l

Image via Wikipedia Exodus 24:9-11, Exodus 33:11, Exodus 6:2-3; and John 1:18 Has seen ( Gen. 17:1 ) – “Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty ; Walk before Me, and be blameless; ( Gen. 18:1 ) Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.” ( Exodus 6:2-3 ) – “God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD; 3 and I appeared to Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.” ( Exodus 24:9-11 ) – “Then Moses went up with Aaron , Nadab and Abihu , and seventy of the elders of Israel, 10 and they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. 11Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they saw God, and they ate and drank.” ( Num. 12:6-8 ) – “He said, "Hear now My wor