Yeah, I took a gander. If anything, they underscore how something they were referencing in the Bible preexisted in a Mesopotamian record.
But I also get where the other fellow is coming from. Scholars know better, but most people don't understand the Bible as a mishmash of record and folklore (and, occasionally, repurposed mythology).
Cultural derivation. The story of Abraham is a story of migration from Mesopotamia (Sumer) to Canaan regardless of a person believes that individual existed or not.
This made me think about an identification that would be more personal to an individual. To wit: a fingerprint. The oldest fingerprint found seems to be 43,000 years old.
januarytwentysecond | 15 hours ago
I'll watch the sitcom where Kushim and Ea-Nasir are roommates.
OneSidedDice | 6 hours ago
“How do I know you’re really my cousin Kushim from Eridu and not…” *Both look directly into camera and say together* “…Perfect Strangers!”
HapticSloughton | 14 hours ago
It was almost painful how much that site is stretching to tie that tablet to "Biblical Archaeology."
Edit: And OP blocked me over this comment for some reason? Really?
[OP] Responsible_Ideal879 | 14 hours ago
Those regions and names existed outside of the Bible. Genesis 10:6-20 is specific to Sumer, etc.
By any measure that is not a stretch. It’s two textual records.
Fredasa | 11 hours ago
Yeah, I took a gander. If anything, they underscore how something they were referencing in the Bible preexisted in a Mesopotamian record.
But I also get where the other fellow is coming from. Scholars know better, but most people don't understand the Bible as a mishmash of record and folklore (and, occasionally, repurposed mythology).
[OP] Responsible_Ideal879 | 11 hours ago
Cultural derivation. The story of Abraham is a story of migration from Mesopotamia (Sumer) to Canaan regardless of a person believes that individual existed or not.
pornborn | 5 hours ago
This made me think about an identification that would be more personal to an individual. To wit: a fingerprint. The oldest fingerprint found seems to be 43,000 years old.
https://www.earth.com/news/archaeologists-find-possible-proof-that-neanderthals-made-art-painted-rock/
Random | 20 minutes ago
Yeah, I was thinking about those ochre hand prints in caves when I saw the title.
cronkgarrow | 5 hours ago
He may also be the first person to ever record a maths mistake according to this video.
https://youtu.be/MZVs6wF7nC4?si=ZbDHG9pZ-TSSr55D
SharkLaunch | 5 hours ago
Matt Parker, my beloved
thornyRabbt | 6 hours ago
"~~first~~ earliest known personal name."
We may never know when the first one was recorded.
cindoc75 | 6 hours ago
lol - just watched this video about this last night! https://youtu.be/zLKktS61JrM?si=5D3HrKnRC7nk7gFd