| Interesting again. What you said this time sounds a bit like David Rohl's ideas.
He has a book called (in the UK, different name in the US) "Genesis: The Legend of Civilisation"
He is an archaeologist, and has tried to trace the earliest origins of civilisation. Believe it or not, most of this thick book is taken up describing history before Sumer!
He has an interesting idea about the name of God.
Of course, the bible gives his name as "I am", even going so far as to say that God tells Moses to go to his people and say, "I am has sent me", which is clearly ludicrous!
The Hebrew for "I am that I am" is "Ayer asher Ayer". Rohl suggests that the bible writers were being typically clever, hiding the true name of God in an expression you wouldn't recognise unless you should...
He suggests the name of the god was in fact Ea (pronounced 'ayer') who is synonymous with Enki. I'm sure you've heard of him, and I'm sure you'll agree he fits the true character of the biblical God quite well.
That's the best explanation I've heard for it.
"Only two things are infinite,
the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein |