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Quote by: Aud  Hey, thanks for the reply! I can't believe I totally overlooked Sumer, when a little research shows how prevalent this influence to Judaism seems to be.
Although Sumer is technically a polytheistic religion, it does heavily stress a particular god, Anu. Much of the sumer mythology, particularly involving demons, can be found in the Hebrew bible, such as Lilith the first wife of Adam. The two religions also share the symbol of the tree of life.
One scholar seems to be linking Sumer to Judaism, claiming that sumerian 'haibrus' were driven west from mesopotamia during the Akkadian (sumerian) conquest. Hmm, 'haibru' sounds very similar to 'hebrew.'
And you are right, the old testament does seem to claim that Abraham's predecessors come from Sumer.
I wonder if Sumer can be linked to Zoroastrianism or the Vedic religion. It does seem to link easily to Ancient Egypt, supporting the idea of the Aten cult influence. |
Might be a link being they built their kingdoms following others in that relative area of the globe. But the influence of China is little known about (to me personally) and Tibet.
Anyway you should read "The 12th Planet' and other books by the same author. His main idea is a little radical in that he promotes that idea the the gods are alien beings from another planet, but yet his research of Sumer and related cultures was well done and you can learn much from him about that. He is very well educated in how to translate hebrew and greek words, and other anicent scripts, which is helpfull. He spent his whole life reseaching for his books. And is knowable about science and the solar system as well. And all the known ancient texts. The book about the 12th planet has lots of background knowledge about Sumer.
Amazon.com: The 12th Planet (The Earth Chronicles, Book 1): Books: Zecharia Sitchin
Most used books stores have his book and the price is nomally cheap.