Yahweh's FORBIDDEN Roots Will BLOW YOUR MIND!

picture a world where Yahweh is a nobody he doesn't even exist in ancient Israel not yet yes that's right Yahweh and L are not the same gods they are two different deities with two completely different stories that is until they merge into one God later the gods ruling the land are L the wise Creator his consort asherah and the storm wielding Bal so how does this upstart God Yahweh show up out of nowhere and end up on the throne buckle up because this mystery runs deep first we Glide past the Dead Sea into the rugged

Hills of Judea Yahweh has some Roots here but guess what he's not the only God in town there's another deity hiding in the background one with a shocking connection to Yahweh that could flip everything you thought you knew from there we travel to Edom the realm of Kos some Scholars whisper that Kos and Yahweh might just be one and the same name and in the copper smelting region of timna under the blazing sun Yahweh could have emerged like a god forged in fire flames molten metal and all the drama of a Divine blacksmith but this

fiery birth is just the start we head east to Midian where Moses fled after his big Exodus Fiasco marrying into a family of Yahweh worshippers the midianites hold a key piece of yahweh's Story one that's going to make you rethink everything about this God's past we Trek across the sin to conet a drude where an ancient inscription stuns us Yahweh and his Asher yes Yahweh might have had a goddess by his side something they didn't teach you in Sunday school now we drift down the Nile in Egypt to a hidden treasure the oldest known inscription

of Yahweh etched into an Egyptian temple but he's not the god of Israel here he's Yahweh in the land of shasu a god of nomadic tribes spread across the deserts of Edom Midian and Beyond a Wandering deity with an Untold origin story and then we set cell across the Mediterranean to the aan where the minoan and meinian peoples thrived on the island of kek some Scholars think Yahweh may have made it all the way here taking on a whole new identity one that's going to blow the lid off everything you thought you knew knew about

this God so who is Yahweh really a god of fire a Wanderer a mysterious figure hiding in plain sight will unravel the secrets of this ancient god his surprising rise to power the other gods he might be connected to and how he became the deity of Israel and later the world this is a journey through myths Mysteries and Revelations you will never forget don't miss it before we continue I put a ton of work into editing my videos and doing this full time as you can see with this documentary if you're a content creator or

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who trust filora to make video editing easy fast and fun download wondershare filora 14 now and let's turn your creativity Into Cash get started with forur today and start creating your content that pays where will your creativity take you Yahweh a god whose Origins are shrouded in mystery he seems to appear out of nowhere and within a millennium he becomes the god of the Jews Christians and eventually Muslim [Music] Muslims but how did this happen who exactly is Yahweh the Israelites were once a Canaanite people and their Pantheon was led by L the chief deity

with Ashera as the Queen of Heaven his wife or consort the history of L can be traced back through the amorites and even further into Mesopotamia the cradle of civilization where writing first [Music] emerged in this ancient world L was the head of the Canaanite Pantheon a wise and benevolent Creator God and the father of many gods including Bal but where is yahweh's history since he never appears in the Canaanite lists where was his father wife or children before the merging of him into the Israelite Pantheon does this story go back into the ancient past

like elves if so where can we find it before the Canaanites the amorites a Semitic people who occupied large parts of Mesopotamia including the regions that would later become Canaan worshiped L the amorites are credited with spreading the worship of L Westward into Canaanite regions the Hittites another significant power in the ancient near East were influenced by neighboring cultures including the amorites while the direct worship of L among the Hittites is less clear they adopted and adapted many gods from the surrounding [Music] cultures the influence of El's stretches even further back into Mesopotamia in Babylon

the deity ill or elu was worshiped a name that appears to be linguistically related to L however in Mesopotamia the Supreme deity was often Marduk in later periods or Anu in earlier [Music] times other deities like Inky also known as Aya play a role in the myth of adapa the ancient precursor of Enoch the story of Inky tricking adapa into not eating and drinking the food of immortality offered by Anu has echoes in the Adam and Eve story with Yahweh Elohim a similar overlap is noticed between the vengeful God enlil taking revenge on humans with

a cataclysmic flood and Yahweh though Yahweh is portrayed in a better light than the much earlier Story the Sumerians one of the earliest civilizations in the region had a Pantheon headed by Anu the sky God anu's characteristics as a chief deity and Father Figure have similarities with L suggesting a potential influence or shared origin L's history is long and storied with a son named B all but Yahweh is conspicuously absent from these earlier Canaanite or Amorite pantheons the mystery deepens where did Yahweh come from have we been looking in all the wrong places for this

mystical deity two Egyptian texts however mention Yahweh in the land of the shasu meaning Nomads en list of place names around Edom these texts date to the Reigns of amus II 14th century BCE and Ramy II 13th century B.C it is generally thought that Yahweh must have originally been associated with a mountain of the same name in or near Edom these Egyptians inscribed this name of the deity of the shasu in hieroglyphics on their Temple as it's translated into yhw which properly pronouncing his name as yah o or Yo which is literally the god the

Israelites worshiped later being pronounced as Yahweh other variations of the name as yaho continued to be used down into the helenistic period keep this in mind as we get later into this video it might shock you what you find out it's a reconstruction of the shasu of Yahweh inscription that's the oldest known mention of Yahweh ever discovered thus far later the conet adru inscriptions dating around 800 to 750 BCE contains several references to Yahweh including Yahweh of Samaria and Yahweh of ton these inscriptions indicate K that Yahweh was worshiped in different regions including Israel known

as Samaria and Edom known as ton they also include blessings in the name of Yahweh and Asher suggesting that Yahweh may have had a consort or was associated with the goddess Ashera you can see on the map where conet adud would be located in the Sinai Peninsula which just so happens to be the area supposedly the Israelites journeyed escaping Egypt during The Exodus the earliest epigraphic evidence from the land of Palestine that refers to Yahweh is the mesha stii from around 840 BCE in it King mesha of Moab boasts of a campaign in which he

devoted the vessels of Yahweh to Kos after Conquering the city of Nebo from Israel the Cults dedicated to Yahweh and L originated independently of each other before their eventual merger process still not completed when much of the Old Testament was written but determining how Yahweh came to be the patron deity of Israel and Judah is not so simple this is strange because the lack of archaeological evidence has required Bible scholars to rely mostly on the text of the Bible itself however by relying on experts in ancient religious metallurgical connections to Yahweh a deity burning as

brightly as the Aton the notorious God promoted by the Egyptian pharaoh aanan and riddled with mystery much like Dion we may discover that Yahweh has even deeper Roots stretching further than most Scholars have suggested you could see where the Arid kenites were located on this map as well as check out this Arabian map from the 1478 and the tribe in the upper left corner is the one listed that matches the kenites the kennite hypothesis first proposed by Theologian FW Galan in 1862 suggests that yahwe was originally the god of the kenite tribe before the Israelites

settled in Canaan while this Theory initially gained some traction it lost momentum as modern biblical studies shifted Focus to the broader Canaanite context in which Yahweh later emerged Scholars began to emphasize the influence of Canaanite religion and deities on Israelite beliefs leading to Alternative theories that minimized the specific role of the kenites however the kennite hypothesis is experiencing a Resurgence thanks to new findings and a reassessment of biblical text this renewed interest is prompting Scholars to take a fresh look at the potential significance of the kenites in the early worship of yahwe this video May

Solve the Riddle with the help of the brilliant work of Paul Davidson creator of the YouTube channel inquisitive Bible reader and the amazing Professor Nissim amalog so be sure to check out their links in the description also hit that like button subscribe and hit the Bell so you never miss out on another Masterpiece comment on your favorite parts and stir up some conversation and God said to Moses I am Yahweh the Lord I appeared to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob as El Shai but I did not reveal my name Yahweh to them but I

did not reveal my name Yahweh to them Exodus 6 [Music] 2-3 this section and many others will be based on the wonderful work of nissam amalog in his article a metallurgical perspective on the birth of ancient Israel 2021 Dr nissam amalog says 50 years ago meria ilad made a bold assertion the discovery and Mastery of metals didn't just revolutionize how humans interacted with the material world it transformed their very understanding of the Universe Metallurgy he argued opened up a whole new mythological and religious landscape today anthropologists back up this claim showing that Metallurgy wasn't just

a craft but a sacred practice in many traditional societies across Africa and India the ancient near East tells a similar story espe especially during the Bronze Age here Gods like T as well as Kum in Egypt and volcanos in cre weren't just blacksmiths they were creators vital forces of life itself even in Mesopotamia Inky the god of Smiths was revered as a wise Creator and protector of humanity pause we need to set Dr analog's work aside for a moment and we will return let's take a detour into ancient gods and the well with which many

of these deities spring forth with these attributes one should not be surprised to see that gods and humans have mingled long before written history but even in written history we find interesting pieces to the puzzle of how these deities and cultures overlap let us Dawn the cap of Sir James George Frasier for a moment and look at potential connections and similarities between deities which could potentially help us see Yahweh in a new light suggesting that Yahweh is a Metallurgy deity we should look to other gods in the known pantheons around the known world and see

if we can connect some possible dots being Midian is in West Asia which is geographically close to Egypt and is a place where Moses escapes Egypt to flee after murdering an Egyptian as well as finds out the name of this God Yahweh which was never known by that name to his fathers Abraham Isaac and Jacob so let's start here with a few Egyptian gods p in Egyptian mythology P was a Creator God and the patron of Craftsmen including metal workers and Architects he was believed to have created the world by thought which is your heart

and word which is your tongue embodying the importance of creation and craft very very similar to The Genesis creation story in Memphis where P was the chief deity Craftsman especially those working with metal were held in high regard reflecting the God's importance check out the statue of P displayed at the Egyptian Museum of turn Italy dates between 1390 and 1353 BC P revered as the god of craftsmanship and Metallurgy was considered the patron of Artisans and creators his role in Egyptian mythology encompassed the shaping and crafting of both the physical world and the spiritual essence

of life making him a central figure in the ancient Egyptian understanding of creation skilled labor canum while primarily known as The God Who fashioned humans bodies from Clay on his Potter's will including the one who gives breath to those in the egg kume was also associated with the creation of materials including Metals in some traditions Cane's role extended to overseeing the skills of Craftsmen further elevating the status of those who worked with metal the high status of metal workers in ancient Egypt reflects the profound respect for their role in shaping not only the physical but

also the spiritual world as their work was considered a direct continuation of the God's creative acts in this depiction from the diera temple Kum as seen on the left he shown fashioning the god II on a Potter's will similar to how Yahweh is told to be using a Potter's will with the assistance of the froge headed goddess hiet canum the god of creation and craftsmanship is believed to mold life itself while hiet associated with fertility and childbirth symbolizes the bread of life together they represent the Divine process of Creation with II the youthful God of

music and joy emerging as a result of their sacred work here's another depiction of the ancient god canum on the right alongside the Lioness goddess Minit on the left adorns the outer wall the Temple of Esna canum the ram-headed god of creation water and metery was believed to Fashion humans on his Potter's will and oversees the crafting of metals further emphasizing his role in shaping both life and civilization men hit often associated with war and protection complements him as a Fierce and Powerful deity seen like ashar as well the scene symbolizes the balance between creation

craftsmanship and divine strength in Egyptian religious [Music] art Inky AA in Mesopotamian mythology Inky known as AA in aadan was a god of wisdom water creation and craft including the Arts of metalworking while not exclusively a smithing God Inky was associated with the skills and knowledge necessary for creating civilization including Metallurgy I mean this God is said to have crafted the world in their mythology also the city of arido sacred to inki was one of the earliest centers of urban culture where such crafts were highly valued many scholars have long recognized comparisons between Inky and

Yahweh like the act of warning their respective flood Heroes Noah and utnapishtim of the coming judgment both of these deities have also been seen as a Prometheus likee character trick exra Gods with Inky sneaking around the pantheon to warn humans or even tricking ad dapa about the food and water of Life while Yahweh seems to have tricked the humans into thinking they would die the same day they ate the fruit from The Forbidden tree Kula a lesser known God Kula was a Sumerian god of bricks and construction sometimes times also associated with the crafts required

for building including metal working although not as prominent as Inky kola's role emphasizes the Divine importance of those who create the physical world including Smiths volcanos is an ancient Manan God closely connected to vegetation and was widely worshiped in creep as one of the major deities in the Manan Pantheon he was often associated with a mother goddess who was both his mother and consort together they were believed to engage in sacred marriage or Heros gamos symbolizing the unity of life-giving forces check out this depiction of the Manan Zeus volcanoes facing a bull it highlights the

Deep connections between Divinity and nature in Manan religion also we're looking at a late Manan period depiction of cult processions showing manans carrying offerings with the prominent figure of the cup Bearer leading the way these processions Central to mano and religious practices highlight the importance of ritual offerings to the gods symbolizing devotion and the role of ceremonial leaders within the community this collection of sacral Terra cotas from gazi near heracleon dating to 1300 around to 1100 BCE features goddesses with upraised arms these figurines likely represent a form of religious worship symbolizing the divine power and

protection their posture reflects the Manan and Meenan traditions of honoring deities offering a glimpse into the spiritual practices of ancient cre look at this bronze shield from CRE geometric period 8th to 7th Century BCE looks almost like a Gilgamesh type figure on the actual Shield very very interesting here's a Manan copper Ingot from zachos CRE it highlights the extensive mining since we're dealing with Metallurgy and the trade networks of the ancient world showcasing the far-reaching influence of resource extraction during this era such artifacts underscore the importance of Metallurgy in ancient societies a practice that holds

significant relevance in understanding the origins of Yahweh the worship of volcanos may have been influenced by the Mesopotamian God deid also known as tamuz according to Scholars reflecting C cultural exchanges in the ancient world as M and Greece Rose in power and came into contact with the manow The Cult of volcano synchronized into the development of Zeus's Worship in fact Zeus was sometimes known as Zeus volcanos indicating a blending of religious Traditions additionally many scholars suggest that volcanos may have influenced the Roman god Vulcan given the similarities in their names and aspects of their worship

Creet is home to one of Humanity's most ancient civilizations the human presence on cre May indeed reach as far back into the earliest epochs of history in 2002 6.05 milliony old humanlike Footprints were discovered on the island now debate rages as to their significance however the discovery of 130,000 year old stone tools have incontrovertibly confirmed a Paleolithic human presence on Creek based upon this discovery the historic timeline for seafaring has has now been pushed back by thousands of years suffice it to say there truly can be no doubt regarding the extreme Antiquity of creeton civilization

you can see the footprints that are literally stuck in the stone that we can look at today beautiful images moving forward into recorded history civilization blossomed in Creek long before the Greek Ian era the religion of ancient cre served as a template for the Greeks of the classical age its religious and mystical sites were places of pilgrimage for it was the birthplace of Zeus himself thus rather than just another civilization cre was both the economic and religious epicenter of ancient Mediterranean High civilization pointing again at the ancient and globally prevalent presence of Sanskrit Scholars have

recognized a clear relationship between ancient Menan linear a and Sanskrit A Brief Review of this evidence provides some startling insights into the nature of ancient Manan and Myan religion and belief look at these Menan inscriptions written in the mysterious linear a they date back to 1850 to 1450 BC and were discovered in fistus Creek now housed in the archaeological Museum of heracleon they offer a tantalizing glimpse into the language and culture of the ancient Manan civilization whose script remains largely undeciphered to this day [Music] over 100 years ago Jane Harrison one of the world's leading

experts on Greek religion wrote of an ancient hymn to choros called the hymn of kites it is in Praise of mistos chorus the greatest and Youthful at the head of the Gods look at the Hymn of Zeus kiti's Limestone that is written in stone in this image you can see the whole stone slab with the different fragmented sections in this image though it's a zoomed in showing you the writing up [Music] close Dr Jane Ellen Harrison is a brilliant classical scholar she revolutionized the study of ancient Greek religion and mythology as a key figure in

the Cambridge ritualists her work on ritual in Greek practices reshaped classical studies and continues to influence modern scholarship found in an ancient temple on the island of cre it is one of history's most important discoveries that stone slab that we just showed you an understanding of ancient religion addressed to Zeus in his youth youthful form as choros velos this hymn was inscribed on both sides of that Limestone slab four fragments of which were recovered from votive pits near rousos at pastro cre in 1904 this discovery confirmed that pelic Castro was the site of the ancient

dicton the sanctuary famed in Antiquity for the worship of Zeus Jane Harrison Themis a study of the social origins of Greek religion take a look at this paper where it's actually trying to translate that script this book reveals that the worship of baby Zeus as chorus is at the very origins of ancient Manan and Greek religion Zeus is identified as choros the youthful and the greatest he is identified as the Divine boy who was hidden away at Birth and given to another to be as his mother author Evans the famous discoverer of Manan civilization classified

him as a divine child or a youth here's a series of 2500-year Old Pros coins depicting this same baby Zeus being nursed by a cow you could see it on the left left the right and the center next to this this bird image looks like an owl in fact this was one of the most popular coins of the region young Zeus is presented in ancient Menan art as a long-haired Youth and him to as homas chorus or the great youth he is surrounded by kites young men initiates of the Cor tradition they were a band

of ecstatic armed dancers protecting the infant Zeus this same element is present in the indic Vish naava tradition as well thus the cow herd men led by child krishna's adopted father Nanda Maharaj protected the youth as he was suckled by cows coincidence kuros most great I glorify you cronian Lord of all that is moist and gleaming you stand at the head of all gods rejoice in our dance and our song with liar and flutes As we sing around your altar him to koros the Divine youth of creit young Zeus known as choros was also named

velos here the W in the name is pronounced as a v and the ch ch is pronounced as k k so well chanos should be volcanos and has thus been confused with the demigod volcanus which probably merged at some point together some Scholars doubt that volcanos or volcanos volcanos chorus and Zeus are one yet the only proof they give is that his name is found along with the name of Zeus within the same prayer thus they say he must be a totally different God however if we apply this to any viic Mantra we can easily

see the inaccuracies of this conclusion it's an example of Scholars with no background in devotional practice of any of the living sacred Traditions they reach a mundane conclusion using logic the entire Hari harah namak Krishna would be about 100 different gods competing for worship and prayers check out the beautiful art of [Music] chrishna here is a drawing of ivory boys from pelic Castro around 1600 to 1500 BC this drawing is from Evans at the palace of Minos volume 3 1930 then there's the actual child the artifact that you can see that's baby Zeus chorus and

then you'll notice that there's the baby Divine boy brj Bal Krishna the young Divine boy of Krishna as W chanos pronounced valanos is potentially a dialectical version of the Sanskrit balak valanos is actually a later Greek pronunciation of the original Menan beyond the name the commonalities become obvious When comparing the attributes characteristics and legends of valanos choros the Divine boy of ancient cre and Bal Krishna the Divine boy of bradam vavan choros is always represented as a useful beardless God often in gesture of worship or adoration to a female goddess this silver stator from ancient

Creek dating around 330 to 320 BC depicts velos seated within a tree in his right hand he holds a rooster perched on his knee while his left hand rests on his seat embodying the balance of Nature and Divinity in one striking image vonos was frequently depicted on the coins of fos seated among the branches of a tree the bird's symbolism is also significant and relates to the eagle Hawk rooster that is always associated with the Divinity of Zeus Vishnu Helios like all these forms of God volcanos was also depicted as an eagle Lord Krishna is

seen here sitting in a tree with a peacock and [Music] cows volcanos also sits in a tree with a which is substituted for the tropical peacock accompanied by cows here's another coin of Zeus as young volcano sitting in a tree in the right hand holds a rooster bull rushing sometimes walking a series of 2500 year-old Pros coins depicts the same baby Zeus being nursed by a cow similar to how Krishna was nursed by a cow just want to nail that home to seeing overlap by very distant cultures rather than an obscure Regional cult volcano's worship

was widespread and longlasting a volcania festival was long celebrated and it endured through the centuries down into the helenistic era inscriptions at Gorton and Leos record a volcania festival showing the volcanos was still widely venerated in helenistic creep in the helenistic period a small Sanctuary dedicated to Zeus volcano was founded at the Hagia triata site of a long ruined man know and Palace Zeus at Mythos one of the lateral faces of the Agia triata sarcophagus that was found at Creek Greece the volcanoes tradition of ancient Creed was at the core of classical Greek culture this

is confirmed by the ancient book Plato's laws the characters of the book engage in a dialogue on the origins of civilization as they proceed on their religious pilgrimage from nosis to the cave of Zeus this Cave of Zeus is the sacred birthplace of Zeus as the Divine Child volcanos chorus the dramatic setting of Plato's laws is along the pilgrimage route to one such sight emphasizing archaic creeton knowledge sacred pilgrimage routes connected to volcanoes reflect yet another vital ingredient of the tradition pilgrims such as those highlighted by Plato followed specific routs directly connected to Zeus and

his Associated Legends these same pilgrimage roots are found in the vidic vesava tradition as well they are called pakr Marga devotees walk along a specific sacred Trail directly connected to Krishna and his Associated Legends the same exact motif of a Divine boy being nursed by a cow is very ancient theme of Indian Vish naism and is still found in Vish naava art of Modern India here is a 2200 year-old coin with Zeus and his Eagle as a rose representing the goddess Roda which is Greek for Rose at his feet and then some Scholars suggest the

person on the right in this image of this coin is yah way some say this is Zeus this is a 4th Century BC coin and around this period we start to see syncretism of both deities in written history happening notice the eagle in the deity's hand just like Zeus in the previous images this entire volcanos detour which apparently shows shared similarities to Zeus and Vishnu in several ways makes me think of these cretans who once had a tomb of Zeus where the supposed corpse of Zeus lay the claim that cretans are always Liars in the

New Testament Greek texts and Paul's syncretism technically the author of Acts of the Apostles where he quotes the Greek poets epines of Creek from the 6th Century BCE for in him we live and move and have our being also arates of su from the Third third Century BCE we are his offspring brings to mind that these authors saw shared Heritage deep into the past with statements about Zeus and Yahweh Paul is quoting a pagan author epines who was a poet in his poem critica epines accuses the cretans of being liars and evil beasts because they

claim to host a tomb of Zeus chief of the Gods since Zeus lives and abides forever the must be Liars Paul quotes from the same poem in his sermon to the areopagus in Acts 17:28 we know he's using the Greek poet to point out that Jesus is also not dead though he was in a tomb just like Zeus isn't dead even if cretans have a tomb for him creit also claimed to be the birthplace of Zeus known in Antiquity as the dicton cave which Legend placed on the slopes of Mount Ida C's tallest mountain reputedly

from nosis epines was supposed to have the gift of Prophecy which was bestowed on him after he allegedly slept for 57 years in a cave sac secret to [Music] Zeus creit Mount Ida is the Island's highest Summit sacred to the goddess rehea and wherein lies the legendary idean cave in which baby Zeus was concealed from his father cronis it is one of a number of caves believed to have been the birthplace or hiding place of Zeus the kites a band of mythical Warriors undertook to dance their wild noisy War dances in front of the cave

so that the clamor would keep cronis from hearing the infants crying on the flank of this mountain is the Amari Valley the site of expansion by the ancient settlement at fos its modern name is silus the surrounding area and Mountain used to be thickly wooded then there's the sacred Mount of ukus It's the final resting place of the greatest god of Greek Antiquity whilst the claim of creit to be the birthplace of Zeus has been widely accepted the myth that the god also died and was buried in the island is unique to creep according to

the legend the shape of Mount ukus when viewed from the West reveals the profile of a bearded head reclining as in sleep or in death and represent the face of Zeus right here according to the myth in the mountain lies his tomb I'm reminded of the wonderful work of Dr Robert Cargill called cities that built the Bible where he points out how geography impacts the myths of cultures take for example the biblical story of Lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt notice this story takes place right around the Dead Sea where pillars of salt

a natural phenomena are visually seen by anyone traveling the area it seems that the geography influenced the myths told with that particular culture in this image you see a rock that is looking like it's Standing Tall which some have identified as Lot's wife however there were also tall salt pillars that people have identified with her as well following his death God Zeus Legend States was reborn annually in a springtime there is evidence of of a shrine on the peak of Mount ukus that has been identified as the earliest Temple of Menan Creek according to the

excavations the bull sacrifice was a part of the rituals enacted in the building as well as unequivocal evidence having been found for the ritual of human sacrifice and you can see on a map where the island and mount ukus would be this idea of cretans are always Liars comes from an earlier source athenodorus of arria in the eth book of his commentaries says that thetus and media had a dispute in thessy as to which was the most beautiful their judge was ID ominus who gave the victory to thetus media in Anger said that the cre

pans are always liars and in Revenge she made the curse that he would never speak the truth just as he had lied in his judgment it is from that he says that pass as Liars athenodorus cites as author of this story Antiochus in his second book of Legends of the Cities man that sucks to have a myth give you a permanent stain of being Liars maybe they really were commonly told as liars and that stained stuck to them in mythology but if not that really sucks ID Dominus was a mythical Warrior during the Trojan War

and king of cre it was said by mythographer apollodorus of Athens that after the war ID Dominus ship hit a terrible storm he promised Poseidon that he would sacrifice the first living thing he saw when he returned home if Poseidon would save his ship and crew the first living thing was his son whom adomus duly sacrificed this sounds very similar to the story of jeffa in the Book of Judges just to show that cretans have a long deep pass connecting with the region of the world near where the kenites would have been located here is

an image of cretans bringing gifts to Egypt in the Tomb of WM under pharaoh to mosis III this was around 1479 to 1425 BC clearly getting back to the book of Acts it's obviously trying to blend philosophy with the apparent statement that Zeus isn't dead as an example of this unknown God who is a living God again echoing the cretans are always Liars Mantra however I bet if we did a bit of digging we would find this idea of Zeus having a tomb to stretch back into very very ancient times when gods were actually known

to die this is a modern idea that gods are completely Immortal and cannot die either way seeing Yahweh and Zeus or even Yahweh and dionis or Zeus dionis was a common perception in the ancient Greek and Roman world for crying out loud the entire maban war was over Zeus Yahweh or non-h heliz versions of Yahweh Worship in the temple which also included dionis in third macbes but we'll get there how far back do these shared mythology really go do they touch each other during the Bronze Age I wouldn't be shocked if there was much more

overlap between these various regions during the Bronze Age meaning I could see us finding some connections between the gods Zeus and Yahweh or dionis and Yahweh in the Bronze Age the region of Edom exactly 19 m north of the Gulf of akaba the area is rich in copper ore and has been mined since the fifth millennium BCE that's 7,000 years ago humans have mining this area for a very long time this area would have been part of the kingdom of Edom where the midianites were located you can see the land of Edom in its proximity

between Saudi Arabia Egypt Israel West Bank and Jordan and notice it also touches the Dead Sea that's important as we dive forward to yahweh's Origins there's so much more to say Pottery by the midianites called kah painted wear is found at several sites stretching from the southern leavon to Northwest Arabia meaning that's where the hijaz is located this is where the original location of manufacturer is the pottery is biochrom polychrome style and it dates as early as the 13th century BC midianite Pottery is found in its largest quantities at metallurgical sites in the southern Levant

especially timna you know where the famous timna Valley is located because of the Myan motifs on midianite Pottery some Scholars including George mendenhal Peter Parr and Ben Rothenberg have suggested that the midianites were originally sea peoples who migrated from the aan region and imposed themselves on a pre-existing Semitic stratum think about that how did my art in the pottery make its way all the way to this place in Edom from the aan if they aren't sea peoples relocating in the area that is the aan sea then you can also see on the east side of

the Mediterranean Israel Jerusalem and further down Jordan right there in that area is where they relocated the question of the or of the midianites Still Remains open but speculate with me for a moment as we move forward into the origins of Yahweh and the birth of Israel suppose these midianites were Myans who continued some form of their culture as is noticed in their Pottery including elements of their divinities could we see elements of Yahweh which may overlap or be introduced to to this deity through this cross-cultural integration this God Coos may be the Edomite Yahweh

as some Scholars suppose look at this nabatean depiction of the Goddess atarus dating around 100 AD the eagle on her head is believed to be a symbol of Kos this was also the symbol of Zeus and other gods truth be told many Manan gods and religious conceptions were fused in the Myan religion from the existing evidence it appears that the Myan religion was the mother of the Greek religion the Myan Pantheon already included many divinities that can be found in Classical Greece such as Poseidon Deiter emis Pon Athena dionis Zeus Hera hephestus Aries hermies and

many many more [Music] so take dionis for instance this God goes way back into the ancient meinian Pantheon as a son of Zeus and as a wine God and much much more we can only decipher the Linear B script but seems to predate this language barrier a curious question arises what are the odds that somewhere in the distant past such as the time when these Myans invaded the midianite regions where Yahweh seems to originate brought their gods with them including this Yahweh or suppose the local deity was this Yahweh deity and elements were Incorporated to

him when they settled in the region what if the ne Eastern myths went West sometime way way back and influenced the dionis gods myth and this myth how made its way back over to the east into the midianite region when the sea peoples relocated to these regions did dionis and Yahweh have independent Evolutions with zero origins in relation to each other is it also possible that Yahweh somehow moved into the Greek pantheon as dionis starting from the East and moved West theophoric names which incorporate the name of a deity were common in ancient Israel with

examples like Elijah Isaiah and Jonathan reflecting Devotion to Yahweh some Scholars have explored potential connections between Yahweh and dionis through these names suggesting that the idea may not be as Fringe as once thought and could have deeper historical roots for instance the Greek name ionis John is a heliz form of the Hebrew name yohanan meaning Yahweh has been gracious while some have noted the resemblance between ionis and Greek names containing AO or yo a transliteration of Yahweh there is a possibility that these ancient connections could reflect ancient syncretism rather than mere phonetic Coen incidence another

intriguing figure is yakas associated with dionis in certain mystery religions whose name also Bears similarity to yaho which is that Yahweh name raising the question of whether such linguistic connections might date back to a more distant past remember the Egyptian chasu inscription and how the ancient named was pronounced yah oh was the name which sounds awfully similar to both the Israelite worship of Yahweh and Greek dionisis yaho these ideas emerge from the broader context of helenistic religious syncretism where Greek and Jewish cultures Blended but possibly reflecting older shared traditions for instance the use of wine

and Jewish rituals might have led to associations with dionis by Greek and Roman obser obers like plutar and tacitus who sometimes linked Yahweh with bakas dionis these connections rather than being superficial May hint at a deeper and more ancient intertwining of religious practices and deities historical references to a supposed Festival of dionis in Judea don't appear until the time of the macbes the general claim in 1 mccabes 1:51 5455 that Antiochus epiphanies forced the Jews to sacrifice in the Greek manner is expanded in second mcabe 67 you can compare it to third mccabes 2:29 to

say that the Jews were compelled to participate in dionan festivals and even to Adorn themselves with Ivy kisos as a result hippolytus a Church Father of the 2nd Century saw Antiochus epiphanies as the Prototype of the Antichrist however this entire narrative is widely regarded as unhistorical even the account in third macbes which refers to Egyptian matters lacks plausibility although dionis was the patron deity of the Egyptian tmes the Syrian cusd always worshiped Zeus nevertheless dionan festivals were celebrated in every country under Greek influence Antiochus the 11th even bore the by name dionis you can see

the source in Josephus Antiquities 13151 and ncor a general of Demetrius threatened to dedicate a temple in Jerusalem to dionis unless Judas macabus was handed over to him second macbes 14:33 thus the cusd might indeed have pressured the Jews into similar worship it's certain that the Jews of Egypt were forced to worship dionis though this persecution likely occurred within the nomos of Areno 3 macbes 2:29 further more it is said in 3rd macbes 2:30 that those who chose to join the dionan Mysteries would receive the same Civic rights as the alexandrians under tmy IV filipour

citizenship for Egyptian Jews depended on their participation in dionan worship which many could not accept likely preventing them from becoming full citizens under his rule plutar connects a myth of dionis with the Palestinian city of copis plen and solinus assert that the city's name derives from the cians whom dionisis supposedly settled there to protect his nurse's tomb the Greeks and Romans were convinced that the Jews worshiped dionis based on some superficial similarities or potentially real ones Plutarch speculated that the name of the Jewish sabbath derived from saos the Cry of the ecstatic Banes bakans more

specifically he suggested that the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles celebrated in the temple at Jerusalem was actually a form of dionysian worship he reasoned the Jews celebrate their most important Feast during the time of the Vintage they pile all sorts of fruit on their tables live in tents made mostly from Vine and Ivy branches and call the first day of this Festival the Feast of Tabernacles a few days later they celebrate another Feast invoking bakus by name during this Festival they carry branches of fig trees and thiry they enter the temple where they likely celebrate Balia

as they use small trumpets and some among them the Levites play on the Sithara Symposium 4.5.3 Plutarch likely had specific ceremonies of sukot in mind tacitus echoed similar claims as their priests sing to the accompaniment of flutes and Kettle drums and as they deck themselves with Laurel and as a golden Vine was found in their Temple many believe they worship bakus the Conqueror of the East however the two Cults have nothing in common for bachus established a bright and joyous ritual while the customs of the Jews are strange and morose the golden Vine tacitus refers

to which Herod presented to the temple is also mentioned by Josephus Antiquities 15113 and it is still existed at the Temple's destruction later carried off by Titus tacitus is account like plutarch's links the Jewish rituals during seot to dionan worship Plutarch even Associated the Jewish worship of bakas with the high priest's garment which he noted had Bells similar to those used in the Bania and he Ambiguously referred to a thus and drums on the priest's frontlet or breastplate Scholars have speculated about a barrel opening Festival bogia equals Vania but this Theory lacks solid evidence to

many scholars in describing the high priest's garment Plutarch deliberately used terms reminiscent of dionan worship it's likely that such equivocal Expressions possibly borrowed from helenistic sources led him to the erroneous conclusion that Jews had a cult of dionis in reality the palm branch used in the Feast of Tabernacles was called a thus by helist Josephus Antiquities 13135 and 2 mccabes 10:7 which could easily remind a Greek of the dionan thus Plutarch also seems to have known about the Feast of the drawing of of water which with its exuberant Joy resembled the baconalia neither tacitus nor

plutarch's statements suggest they were drawing from anti-jewish alexandrian sources as some Scholars propose instead a Greek might have considered it a compliment to link Jewish ceremonies with familiar Pagan practices it's also worth considering that these similarities may actually have Roots which go back into Antiquity long before helenismo remember the biblical account in judges where it tells us for 20 years the Israelites were oppressed by jabin the king of hazor and his powerful General cicera who commanded 900 iron chariots but things changed when the propheus Deborah encouraged Barack an Israelite leader to fight back with an

army of 10,000 they faced Cesar at Mount tabore in the Jezreel Valley Against All Odds the Israelites won the battle with the Bible even saying that the stars and the kesan river helped defeat cic's forces this Victory brought 40 Years of peace to the land after the battle cisar escaped on foot and sought refuge in the tent of jel the wife of Heber the kennite she seemed to offer him a safe place to rest giving him milk and covering him with a blanket but while he slept JL took a tent Peg and hammered it through

his head killing him instantly later the prophet Samuel reminded the Israelites that their suffering ing under cicora was a result of forgetting their God a lesson they were not to forget you could see the art of jl's wife penetrating the Temple of the Canaanite General cicora imagine you were the one that happened to Wild gives me chills the origin of cis's name is a bit of a mystery so Scholars have debated its roots suggesting connections to various ancient cultures some think his name might be Philistine hittite hurrian or even Egyptian with the name possibly meaning

servant of raw the Egyptian sun god however Israeli scholar and archaeologist Adam zerall offers a different perspective He suggests that ciser might have been one of the Sheran a group of sea people and that he may have come from the island of Sardinia this Theory adds an intriguing twist to the story linking ciser to a broader network of ancient civilizations just look at this map and how far in the western region of the Mediterranean Sea Sardinia is that's how much people traveled in the ancient world if the connection is valid Sardinia is really close to

Italy that's a pretty good distance however those mysterious sea peoples came from all over the world and many settled in Canaan one such group was likely the Philistines this group gets a bad rap from the Bible but under closer scrutiny one can actually see they may have close connections to the tribe of Dan no wonder David could go and join their forces against Saul when King Saul was hunting David's head the overlap between these sea peoples and the Bible's history may be much much bigger than we realize here's some Philistine pottery from ashalon the tribe

of Dan also known as Dantes might have had real connections with the sea peoples a Confederation of Naval Raiders to which the Philistines are often linked these theories propose that the danites could have been part of this wider group or at least influenced by them before settling in Israel factoring this in no wonder mythical extraordinary Samson who is from the tribe of Dan has so many parallels to Heracles also known as Herkel by the at truscan here's a 3,000-year-old archaeological find at tell Dan it suggests that the danites were a Gian soldiers was Samson Greek

remember that volcanos God we associated with Zeus Krishna and Vulcan earlier well many scholars have seen the obvious connections between this God and the Roman god Vulcan Vulcan Latin vcan canus or volcanus is the ancient Roman god of fire associated with volcanoes deserts metalworking and the forge he is typically depicted wielding a blacksmith's Hammer symbolizing his role as a Divine Craftsman Vulcan was honored with an annual festival called the vulcania held on August the 23rd [Music] in Roman mythology Vulcan is equivalent to the Greek god hephestus who also governs fire and smithery in at truscan

religion Vulcan is identified with the God seths sethland was the god of fire the forge metal workings and by extension craftsmanship in general the equivalent though their names share no atmology to the Greek hesus Egyptian T and the Roman Vulcan seins is one of the indigenous and truscan gods in at truscan Arts seins may be identified by his tools the hammer and tongs of the blacksmith and by the pus or conical cap he wears here are the remains of the 4th Century BCE Temple platform at the at truscan city of vuli VCH there is some

beautiful art of Vulcan that we can find at Pompei amazing Fresco as well as other more Modern Art the forge of Vulcan by Diego vquez 1630 remember in the last section when I asked how far back do these shared mythologies really go Bronze Age well this is exactly what Dr amalog covers in an article on his Academia page called was Yahweh worshiped in the aan up until now the Bible has been our only source of information about the worship of Yahweh but let's not forget the Bible is a collection of writings with a clear agenda

promoting monotheism this makes it tricky if not impossible to determine how much of what's written actually reflects the original worship practices of Yahweh in Canaan was it a genuine reflection of ancient rituals or was it heavily edited to push a ystic monotheist reform because of this any attempts to uncover the original Cult of Yahweh are basically interpretations or educated guesses based on the biblical text but imagine for a moment if we found evidence of Yahweh worship outside the Bible this could open up a whole new field of investigation and this isn't just a wild idea

the prophet Amos mentions other peoples besides Israel who also called upon the name of Yahweh the Bible hints at Yahweh being worshiped in various places like Egypt ilam tubul mesik and even the land of kush one of the best Clues comes from the book of Isaiah therefore in the east give glory to Yahweh in the coastlands of the sea give glory to the name of Yahweh the god of Israel Isaiah 24:15 later these Islanders are described as passionate followers of Yahweh they give glory to Yahweh and declare his praise in the coastlands Isaiah 42 12

another verse says the coastlands will wait for me and for my arm they will hope Isaiah 51.5 suggesting that Yahweh wasn't seen as some secondary deity in these places the exact location of these islands isn't clear in Isaiah it could be referring to Phoenician colonies scattered across the Mediterranean this would make sense giving the Phoenician influences in Isaiah's language or it could be pointed to the aan region as the Book of Daniel seems to suggest in Daniel 11:18 now during the first millennium BCE we don't have any evidence of Yahweh Worship in Greece or The

Phoenician colonies so this whole islands thing might just be a poetic way of saying yahweh's power extended far and wide but there's another intriguing possibility Yahweh might have been worshiped in these islands under a different name a reality that was erased by later monotheistic reforms and forgotten over time this theory is what we'll explore as we dive into the potential worship of Yahweh in the aan especially since it was Zeus that Antiochus introduced in the Jerusalem Temple but Antiochus wasn't trying to replace the Israelites god with the chief deity of the Greek pantheon instead he

aimed to worship the mysterious great God of Jerusalem in a Greek style similarly in Rome Yahweh was referred to as Theos hipos the high God and was essentially merged with Jupiter the top God of their Pantheon while many ancient Jewish authors accepted the equivalence between Zeus Jupiter and Yahweh it doesn't necessarily mean they thought these gods were the same in nature it might just reflect their shared status as Supreme rulers of the universe however to sidestep the issue of this statutory analogy with Yahweh it's worth looking at sources that compare Greek deities to Yahweh outside

the confines of monotheism late Antiquity for instance saw Yahweh associated with magicians and Sorcerers who invoked him by names like yaho yo or AO macrobius in one of his Works mentions a Greek mag IC Oracle where yaho Yahweh is seen as the equivalent of four different Greek gods Hades in Winter Zeus in Spring Helios in summer and yaho himself in Autumn the source is saturnia 1 1820 this gives a nod to our little Astro theology friends what stands out here is the idea that Yahweh and dionis The God Who Reigns in Autumn the season of

The Grape Harvest are one and the same both called by the name yaho this suggests that dionis might actually be the Greek version of Yahweh Plutarch supports this intriguing claim as his quest to uncover the deepest secrets of dionis led him to none other than the god of the Hebrews this God Yao goes all the way back to the shasu inscription from Egypt in the 14th century BCE making the overlap between these deities linguistically obvious at this point the connection between Yahweh and dionis doesn't stop there in thce a blend of Yahweh worship and the

cult of sabazius the thracian dionis emerged bringing Jews and pagans together in the same religious community this level of syncretism between the exclusive worship of Yahweh and another God wasn't seen with Zeus Jupiter or any other deity Additionally the wave of Hellenism in Canaan led to a remarkable surge in the worship of dionis a phenomenon not observed with any other Greek god a strange observance can be seen with the thracian zalmoxis god which is likely another form of dionis hinting at this exclusive worship of one God Herodotus wrote in his fifth century BC histories in

book 4 section 94 furthermore when there is thunder and lightning these same thran shoot arrows Skyward as a threat to the god believing in no other God but their own considering all of these points together it's worth seriously rethinking the idea that dionis might be the Greek counterpart of Yahweh the god of Israel as mentioned in the book of Isaiah if Yahweh and dionis really do share an ancient common source or origin then we should be able to spot some shared symbols or rituals in their worship let's dive into one of the most compelling connections

their relation to wine in Greece wine was seen as a Divine gift from dionis to humanity the link between dionis and wine was so strong that even private parties and celebrations were considered tributes to him in fact the spread of Dion isis's cult across the Greek colonies went hand in hand with the expansion of wine making in Israel the production of excellent or abundant wine was viewed as a blessing from Yahweh passages like Amos 913-4328 Micah 44 Jeremiah 31:5 on the flip side a shortage of wine was seen as a punishment from Yahweh Amos 511

Zephaniah 113 Joel 15 these beliefs explain why Yahweh was invoked during the grape Harvest Hosea 7:14 wine also played a significant role In yahweh's Worship in the sanctuary as seen in the offerings described in Exodus 29:40 Leviticus 23:13 and numbers 155-10 alt together the Israelites themselves were often symbolized as yahweh's Vineyard Isaiah 5:7 Jeremiah 69 1210 you can see the image of ancient Israelite wine jars and there's an artist Recreation of earliest wine presses in Tel El Barack Lebanon there's the real site of Tel L Barack Lebanon which is in the northern region of Israel

here is a map of the region near Ty it's a little south of where Ty is but it's in the north part where Samaria and Israel are close to yahweh's association with wine might not seem particularly noteworthy if we view him solely as the master of the universe controlling all forms of transformation but the Bible's depiction of Yahweh and wine suggests a much stronger connection than one might expect from a strictly monotheistic perspective for instance it seems that some aspects of yahweh's popular worship were tied to the heavy consumption of wine nabab and Abu the

sons of Aaron were apparently quite drunk during the consecration of yahweh's Tabernacle in Leviticus 10 1-10 interestingly before their tragic demise no one not even Moses saw their intoxication as an issue for carrying out their sacred duties another religious ceremony involving the liberal consumption of wine called the mara is also mentioned in the bible this practice wasn't condemned by prophets like Amos and Jeremiah except when it led to excesses this suggests that Mara was indeed linked to yahweh's worship considering all this it seems the similarities between Israelite festivities and dionan banquets as Plutarch observed aren't

just the result of Greek influence rather the dionan banquet closely mirrors an ancient Canaanite tradition that was deeply intertwined with the popular Cult of Yahweh snakes play a significant role in the imagery surrounding both dionis and Yahweh hinting at a deeper connection between these two deities dionis is famously associated with snakes the God is said to have been born in a nest of serpents and as a child he's often depicted holding snakes as he grows dionis even becomes symbolized as a mythical snake himself the handling of snakes was a key element in the cult of

dionis especially among the minad his frenzied followers his thian counterpart sabazius was also symbolized as a snake with the reptile playing a central role in his worship check out the amazing cluster of grape dionis on Mount Vesuvius he's surrounded by a snake in 62 to 79 a D and also for those who lost their minds during the Olympics here you go with the purple guy you can also see a minad carrying a thus and a leopard with a snake rolled up over her head this art is 490 to 480 BC look carefully at the snake

on her forehead Yahweh on the other hand is described by Isaiah as being surrounded by burning snakes or seraphim Isaiah 6 1-3 and flying serpents are sent by Yahweh to attack Israel's enemies Isaiah 14:29 in a monotheistic context these Serpentine associations might seem insignificant after all Yahweh is said to Reign Over the entire universe but there's more of this story the transformation of Moses's staff into a snake Exodus 41-5 was seen as a clear sign that he was speaking on yahweh's behalf suggesting that Yahweh had a closer connection to snakes than traditional monotheistic interpretations might

suggest this idea is further supported by the fact that Yahweh was worshiped in Jerusalem in the form of a bronze snake known as nushin until hezekiah's religious reforms put an end to this [Music] practice in Greek tradition milk and honey hold special significance in the worship of dionis the Min ads his wild followers believe believed that when honey and milk flowed from their staffs Theus it was a Divine sign a theophany of dionis himself this miraculous exudation was even seen as the God's way of urging the minad to abandon their daily domestic tasks and dedicate

themselves entirely to his worship similarly milk and honey areep deeply connected to the god of Israel Yahweh the Bible frequently describes Canaan as a land flowing with milk and honey highlighting this as a defining feature of yahweh's dominion moreover milk and honey are the foods specially set aside for those devoted to Yahweh particularly during their initiation rights marking them as symbols of divine favor and spiritual [Music] nourishment the Perpetual flame holds a place of deep significance in both the worship of dionis and Yahweh in thieves a flame burned eternally in the temple of dionis symbolizing

the God's enduring presence and power this flame was more than just a physical fire it was a vital emblem of dionis himself similarly in the worship of Yahweh a Perpetual flame ashid was Central this flame had to be ignited immediately upon the completion of the Tabernacle even before its official inauguration and it was meant to burn forever as commanded in Exodus 27 20- 21 it shall be a statute forever through throughout their Generations on behalf of the children of Israel the Everlasting nature of this flame underscores its crucial role in the worship of the Israelite

deity symbolizing yahweh's Eternal presence and unending Covenant with his people in Greece Coral singing was so closely tied to the worship of dionis that the entire practice was known as the dionesia during the performance of a dith rambus a mix of coral singing and dancing the choir master krios was seen as either a prophet of dionis or even his living embodiment in the mystery Cults of dionis where the God's original Essence was more Faithfully preserved than in popular worship participating in a choir singing for the deity was considered the first step toward truly knowing him

reminds me of Christian worshippers today this suggests that the coral performance wasn't just a decorative part of dionan worship it was at the very heart of it similarly in Israel the worship of Yahweh was deeply intertwined with coral singing This is most evident in the Psalms where the psalmist composed and performed Coral songs in the Jerusalem Temple the central role of coral singing is also highlighted during the ceremony of bringing the holy Ark to Jerusalem 2 Samuel 6:5 1st Chronicles 15:27 and after its placement in the city of David 1 Chronicles 16: 4-7 the importance

of coral performance in yahweh's worship is further emphasized by its prevalence in all ceremonies including sacrifices and by the sheer number of singers and musicians involved 288 performers and Poets according to 1st Chronicles 257 these singers were organized into groups of 12 Mish Marat continuously rotating so that the coral singing never ceased 1 Chronicles 25 clearly Coral singing wasn't just an embellishment in yahweh's worship it was a fundamental component all these parallels between the worship of dionis and Yahweh are fascinating but they don't necessarily prove a direct connection between the two deities after all in

Greece wine is also associated with the god Apollo and snakes appear in various nesian contexts like with python and Typhon more broadly the Perpetual flame is a general symbol of Holiness and coral singing is a form of collective praise so widespread that it alone cannot serve as definitive evidence to establish a true link between Yahweh and dionis we would need to identify more specific unique characteristics that they share [Music] in the first book of Kings we find a fascinating account of Yahweh revealing himself to Elijah not as a powerful wind nor an earthquake nor fire

but as the fine voice of Silence this Revelation came after a long period of preparation for Elijah lasting 40 days which suggests that this ethereal almost intangible nature symbolized by the fine voice of Silence reflects the true essence of Yahweh something likely overlooked in the more popular forms of worship dionis 2 is a god with an ethereal nature his name bromus which means the rustling evokes a g Breeze or wind much like the fine voice of Silence that reveals Yahweh in Ides baky this ethereal quality of dionis leads to a mysterious and elusive definition of

the god when pentheus asks are you saying that you saw clearly what the God was like the response he receives is he was as he chose I did not order this Ides B 478 ureides emphasizes that this is not a flippant answer it's a profound insight into the nature of the deity strikingly similar to yahweh's self-de I am that which I am eh Asha Exodus 314 this ethereal nature might be seen as a general characteristic of Holiness and on its own it might not serve as definitive proof of a direct connection between Yahweh and dionis

however this shared quality does create unique similarities that set these two Gods apart from all other Greek and Canaanite deities in the book of Samuel we find a striking example of yahweh's unique mode of action you Saul shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a sulter a timberl a pipe and a harp before them and they will be prophesying the spirit of Yahweh will come mightily upon you and you shall prophesy with them and be turned into another man 1 Samuel 10 5- 6 this passage suggests that the spirit

of Yahweh can induce uncontrollable behaviors often sparked by music and dance and seems to spread like a kind of epidemic similarly in Greece dionis is renowned for his ability to provoke enthusiasm a state where the spirit of dionis enters a person transforming them into a bakan in this state they are close to a trance driven by the contagious power of music Coral performance and dance the mode of action of dionis is so similar to the one described in Samuel that some Scholars like Jean may have equated the Greek phrase to become a bant bako with

the Hebrew term to become a prophet myth nahab in both cases this Divine end uced uncontrolled Behavior can be dangerous the tragedy in the bakai where pantheus is killed by his own mother and the minad during their trance is a vivid example of Dion isis's Vengeance following the collective Madness of his worshippers a similar theme appears in the book of Jeremiah where Collective Madness stems from the wine worship of Yahweh thus said Yahweh behold I will fill all the inhabitants of this land even the kings that sit upon David's throne and the priests and the

prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness and I will Dash them one against another even the fathers and the sons together affirmation of Yahweh I will not pity nor spare nor have compassion so as not to destroy them dionis is also known for driving soldiers to Madness he also possesses a share of ares's nature for Terror sometimes flutters an army under arms and in its ranks before it even touches a spear and this too is a frenzy from dionisis Baki 30235 Yahweh 2 can provoke destructive chaos among armies and they stood every man

in his place round about the camp and all the host ran and they shouted and fled and they blew the 300 horns and Yahweh set every man sword against his fellow even through all the camp judges 72122 these parallels highlight the distinctive mode of action shared by Yahweh and dionis both deities enter into individuals altering their psyche and behavior this process can lead to Transcendence and prophecy for sincere worshippers or to Madness and Destruction for others this exceptional mode of action also sheds light on why both dionis and Yahweh are so closely associated with wine

the drink that alters behavior in ways that are unpredictable and uncontrollable [Music] the unique way dionisis and Yahweh operate doesn't just set them apart from other aan and Canaanite Gods it also raises similar questions about their divine nature and powers in Israel this is highlighted by David's declaration after defeating Goliath all the Earth will know that there is a God in Israel 1 Samuel 1747 it's unlikely that Goliath and the Philistines were unaware that Yahweh was Israel's official deity so what David might actually be addressing is a doubt about yahweh's ability to protect the Israelites

as a national God should this interpretation is supported by the Philistines test to see if their suffering after capturing the Ark of the Covenant was truly yahweh's doing and see if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth shamesh then he Yahweh has done to us this great evil but if not then we shall know that his hand has not smitten us it was just a coincidence 1 Samuel 6.9 Pharaoh's response to the Israelites request to leave for 3 Days To C celebrate yahweh's Festival reflects a similar skepticism you are Idol

you are Idol therefore you say let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh for 3 Days Exodus 5:17 the Egyptians might have viewed the worship of Yahweh as a flimsy excuse to stop working perhaps because Yahweh wasn't seen as a traditional God who required standard worship practices or because his festivals likely involving Banquets seemed more like secular Gatherings to them this doubt about yahweh's power didn't disappear quickly as seen in the Book of Joel spare your people Yahweh and do not let your heritage be disgraced a byword among the Nations why should they say among the

peoples where is their God Joel 21:17 but it wasn't just Israel's neighbors questioning yahweh's power the Israelites themselves had their doubts Zephaniah speaks of those who say in their hearts Yahweh does no good nor does he evil Zephaniah 11:12 surprisingly this skepticism wasn't limited to non-believers in Genesis Sarah laughed when yahweh's Messengers predicted the birth of Isaac prompting Yahweh to ask Abraham is anything too hard for Yahweh Genesis 1814 even Moses doubted yahweh's ability to provide meat for the Israelites leading to the same question is yahweh's hand shortened numbers 11:23 a similar skepticism surrounds dionis

in Ides is baky pantheus outright rejects dionis as Divinity and his cult and just like in Israel even dionysus's followers sometimes doubted his power cadmos advises pentheus even if as you say he is not a god call him one and tell a glorious falsehood so that semay might seem to have borne a God and honor might come to all our race Ides back 330- 36 even the hero of Ides is tragedy is is entirely convinced that dionis has saved him from pentheus as in the Bible the question of dionis is Divinity becomes a central theme

in the homeric hymns and the baky in both Traditions the deity's power is ultimately demonstrated through harsh Vengeance against those who deny their divine nature [Music] one of the most striking characteristics of Yahweh is his demand to be the sole object of worship for everyone in Israel coupled with the rejection of all other deities interestingly dionis shares a similar demand he required everyone in Greece to worship him without exception moreover this worship of dionis led to his recognition as the exclusive source of authority this insistence on exclusivity had a profound and subversive impact on the

social and political order maintained by the official Pantheon in both cultures in the Bible yahweh's subversive nature first emerges through his role in delivering Israel from Egyptian slavery but it doesn't stop there later when the Israelites ask for a king it's seen as a rejection of yahweh's authority 1 Samuel 8:7 and any attempt by the king to impose his rule over Israel is interpreted as a sin against Yahweh dionis exhibits a similar subversive streak from the the early stages of his popular cult his demand for Universal worship directly challenged the social order of the Dark

Age earning him the title of the liberating God of [Music] Greece later the public Cult of dionis was promoted by the first tyrants as a way to dismantle the existing social and political structures dominated by the aristocracy however just like in Israel this subversive power also posed a threat to the new political order established by the tyrants and their supporters to counteract this the authorities eventually tried to confine Dion isis's worship to private festivals and banquets perhaps hoping to dilute his impressible subversive nature with [Music] wine in Rome where political power wasn't as intertwined with

religious Authority the Senate simply eradicated this subversive element by issuing an order in 139 BCE that banned The Cult of dionis also known as Liber and authorized brutal repression against his followers these parallels between Yahweh and dionis set them apart from all other Canaanite and Greek deities however a fundamental difference remains while representations of Yahweh were strictly forbidden in Israel dionis was commonly symbolized as a man the origin of this difference is is explored in the next [Music] section dionis is a god of dual nature embodying both ethereal and human qualities as an ethereal God

dianis was symbolized in abstract ways like the air moved by Bell or a simple piece of wood encased in Copper later oric hymns praised him as an omnipresent principle an unseen Force pervading everything yet dionis also had a more tangible side he was considered a demigod born from the union of Zeus and the Mortal Sile this human Dimension made him indistinguishable from ordinary Mortals when he chose to conceal his Divine Powers we see this Duality vividly in ureides Baki the character of dionis in the play appears as a young man and to pentheus he seems

nothing more than a convincing charlatan corrupting thieves with for Cults throughout the play this dionis doesn't overtly behave like a god he mentions that his hair is consecrated to the deity implying he is merely a servant of dionis he defends the god with the fervor of a devoted follower promus will not allow you pantheus to remove the Baki from the joyful mountains he also speaks of dionis as an external Divine Force then bromus so it seems to me I speak my opinion created a phantom in the courtyard to pantheus he even suggest that the God

is accompanying them on their Journey but here's where it gets interesting the hero doesn't just invoke dionis he fully identifies with him he warns pentheus but dionisis whom you pentheus claim does not exist will pursue you for these insults for in injuring us you put him in bonds he also aligns himself with the God's Vengeance he will go to the Baki where he will pay the penalty with his death dionisis now it is your job for you are not far off let us punish him there is an undeniable bond between the hero and the God

as hinted when he says the God himself will release me whenever I want this connection goes beyond mere devotion or an encounter with the Divine face to face the hero is endowed with Divine Powers as revealed by a messenger who describes his extraordinary feet and then I saw the stranger perform a marvelous deed for seizing hold of the lofty topmost branch of the pine tree he pulled it down pulled it pulled it to the dark Earth it was bent just as a bow or a curved wheel when it is marked out by a compass describes

a circular course in this way the stranger drew the mountain bow with his hands and bent it to the Earth doing no Mortals deed these insights reveal that two distinct yet closely related entities coexist under the name dionis the first ethereal in nature can be understood as The Ether God revealed as a gentle breeze or a holy fire the second with a human appearance is described in the prologue of the bakai as the god this figure should be seen as the human theophonic who devoted to The Ether God is then invested with Divine Powers acting

in the God's name and spreading his cult when searching for biblical parallel to the man God dimension of dianis we encounter the concept of ish Elohim this term is usually interpreted as referring to men like Moses Samuel Elijah and Elisha figures who speak or act in the name of Yahweh the common translation man of God suggests they are Faithful Servants of the deity 1 Samuel 2:27 1 Kings 13:1 however certain uses of ish Elohim in the Bible hint at a more complex reality an ish Elohim is not merely a servant of Yahweh but is a

mortal invested with Divine Powers this seems to be the defining characteristic of an ish Elohim as the woman exclaimed to Elijah after he brought her child back to life now I know that you are an ish Elohim and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth First Kings 17:24 Elijah himself expresses this power when he says to a captain of 50 if I be an ish Elohim let Fire come down from heaven and consume you and your 50 and sure enough fire descended and consumed them all 2 Kings 1:10 what's particularly curious here

is that Elijah doesn't invoke Yahweh before performing The Miracle nor does he offer thanks afterward if Elijah were merely a servant of Yahweh he would have needed to plead for divine intervention but here Elijah performs The Miracles on his own this phenomenon is also extensively observed in the actions of Elisha in 2 Kings 2 through6 perhaps the clearest illustration of the unique status of an Elohim comes from Moses who is granted Divine status by Yahweh in relation to his brother Aron he Aaron shall be to you Moses a mouth and you shall be to him

as God Elohim Exodus 4:16 later Yahweh reiterates see I have made you as God Elohim to pharaoh and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet Exodus 7.1 these statements should not be dismissed as mere metaphors according to the Book of Exodus Moses is genuinely endowed with Divine powers like Elijah and Elisha he performs Miracles through a direct interaction with Yahweh for example Yahweh commands Moses lift up your Rod stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it while yahweh's own action is to harden the hearts of the Egyptians Exodus 14:16 17 here Moses as

an ish Elohim acts on the physical elements while Yahweh influences the psyche as discussed earlier these insights suggest that an ish Elohim is not just a devout man devoted to Yahweh but is in fact a human theophany of Yahweh therefore the term ish Elohim should be understood not merely as man of God but as man God the parallels between the Dual nature of dionis in Greece and the complex relationship between Yahweh and the ish Elohim in Israel are striking both Traditions reflect the unique mode of action of an ethereal God who bestows Divine powers on

humans and Alters their psyche in Greece the God and his human theophanies share the same name dionis which allows for his representation both abstractly and as a young man in Israel however the ish Elohim is never called Yahweh and is not worshiped which is why the worship of Yahweh remained aniconic from the beginning this difference in representation should not be seen as essential but rather as a cultural variation that actually strengthens the parallel between these two deities all these comparisons between dionis and yahwe in terms of their essential nature attributes mode of action and work

worship lead to the conclusion that these deities are remarkably similar however without an explanation for the origin of this reality it remains challenging to place these findings in a historical context if Yahweh and dionis are indeed homologous deities they must have originally presided over the same natural phenomenon I've recently suggested that before Yahweh became the god of the Israelite Alliance he was the patron deity of Canaanite smelters this original identity is hinted at by several factors his association with serpents a symbol of copper smelting biblical metaphors depicting him as a smelter his affinities with other

gods of Metallurgy his origin from sier a region known for copper Metallurgy and his probable worship by Canaanite smelters like the kenites and before his adoption by the Israelites this earlier image of Yahweh helps us understand many of his distinctive features copper ore and the metal produced from it are so drastically different that before the Advent of modern chemistry the smelting process was seen as an Act of Creation in this context smelters were viewed as possessing demiurgic Powers transformed into demigods through the favor of The God Who patronized their craft this this is why the

patron of smelters is such a unique deity while classical Gods govern natural processes the patron of smelters grants them the power to create the Ethereal nature of such a god finds a simple explanation in Metallurgy the intense heat required for smelting copper up to 1200° C I could only be achieved by boosting the combustion of charcoal with an Air Supply hence the air moved by Bellows or by the smelter own lungs was considered the demiurgic factor the Ethereal principle that could transform a mortal into a man God from a metallurgical perspective this ethereal principle is

truly capable of inducing theophanies among humans given that many of yahweh's attributes related to Copper smelting are also found in dionis it wouldn't be surprising to discover that before becoming a widely woried deity dionis was the patron God of aan smelters the the identity of the god of Metallurgy in Greece is somewhat obscure however during the Bronze Age the patron of smelters was regarded as the master of the Smith God the one who taught the craft to the metal workers this hierarchy might help us identify him in Greek mythology it is said that hephestus the

Smith God learned his trade on the island of naos which was also known as dionesia after its Patron deity dionis Dion isis's role as master of hephestus is suggested in the first homeric hymn Where dionis is praised for introducing hephestus to Olympus this event was significant enough that as Gene May noted among all the scenes from The dionisis Legend the one almost exclusively represented by the old school of Ceramics is the god bringing his half brother heus to Olympus this recurring theme highlights Dion isis's role as hephestus Master bestowing the demiurgic powers that allowed the

Smith to be accepted among the gods in Greek mythology AR adne and Aphrodite are the respective wives of dionis and hephestus but aradne is essentially the creton counterpart of Aphrodite further confirming the parallel between dionis and hephestus Beyond these preliminary observations several pieces of evidence support the idea that dionis originally functioned as the god of Metallurgy one dionisis was symbolized by a leather Sac full of air abellos leading to the name of his cave kikon anthron which means the Cave of the leather Sac this suggests that the name bromus associated with dionis refers to the

movement of air that stimulates the creation of metal in a furnace two dionis was called Peres or perisperm meaning born conceived from fire he was believed to have been born in a nest of serpents animals that traditionally symbolized copper smelting in the ancient near East including Greece three dionisis was eventually assimilated with the great God of creit like dionis in Greece this creton Zeus was woried as a giant snake his mythology particularly his connection to the cetes a group of metal workers and one of his names welos related to Vulcan the Roman God of smelters

suggests that this creton use was deeply involved in Copper Metallurgy four in thieves dionisis was specially revered by the technai a guild of Artisans votive vases from Ian near thieves depict dionisis initiating the caboy originally a group of smelters in some depictions he is even shown as the father of the kabiro reinforcing his status as their Patron God five the dionan procession was primarily composed of silenes saers and corant in Greek mythology these figures are considered the sons of hus occasionally working in his workshop on lemnos the characteristic limp is typically associated with initiation into

Metallurgy taken together these elements suggest that dionis was originally the aan god of copper Metallurgy as with Yahweh this identity may have become vestigial during the Iron Age but enough evidence remains to conclude that these two deities share the same initial nature making them true homologues the remaining question is whether this homology arises from parallel but independent Evolutions from a shared reality the smelting of copper ore or from the diffusion of a single deity across different regions if it's the latter the popularization of the Cults in Canaan and Greece opens up various possibilities dionis and

Yahweh might have independent Origins as gods of Metallurgy followed by a common Evolution during the early Iron Age or they might share a common origin with independent paths to popularization the strong similarities between them suggest yet another possibility dionis and Yahweh share both a common origin and a common evolutionary path toward the popularization of their Cults these possibilities are explored in the next section in Antiquity copper Metallurgy was anything but simple it was a highly complex craft that required expertise across various field Fields geology minerology Mining and geography all backed by a vast network of

relationships and alliances the actual smelting purification and production of specific Alloys demanded deep knowledge of pyrotechnology and Proto skills honed over Generations given this complexity the spread of furnace Metallurgy wasn't just about sharing technological knowhow it was driven by the migration of smelters who brought with them not only their skills but also their entire way of life including the worship of their metallurgical deity this is why in regions as close as the agan and the lant similarities between the gods of Metallurgy likely point to a common origin dionis with his deep associations with Metallurgy may

very well Trace his roots back to the Canaanite god worshiped by those ancient smelters the origins of dionis are intriguingly explored in the homeric hymns particularly in hymns 1 and 7 both dedicated to this enigmatic deity in hymn 7 dionis is depicted as a Young Man captured by Pirates hoping for a ransom these Pirates scour the Eastern Mediterranean searching for his parents or friends this suggests that even the pyats believe this man God held from the Levant this interpretation is explicitly confirmed in the first homeric hymn devoted to dionis for some say at dra om

and some on Windy Icarus and some in naos oh heaven-born inor and others by the Deep eding River alfus that pregnant semile bore you to Zeus the Thunder lover and others yet Lord say you were born in thieves but all these lie the father of men and gods gave you birth remote from men and secretly from White armed Hera there is a certain Nissa a mountain in most high and richly grown with Woods far off in Phoenicia near the streams of egyptus this passage suggests that dionis originated in the southern part of Canaan possibly in

regions like the neev arabah or sin in this arid landscape the only area once covered by Evergreen forests until the early 20th century was the mountains of sier Edom this identification seems further supported by the first verses of the seventh homeric hymn I will tell of dionisis the son of Glorious semile how he appeared on a jutting headland by the shore of the fruitless sea seeming like a Stripling in the first flush of manhood his rich dark hair was waving about him and on his strong shoulders he wore a purple robe the phrase fruitless sea

hos atug too literally meaning the sea where nothing may be fished is a well-known description from Egypt to Phoenicia for the Dead Sea therefore the jutting headlong parin where dionis first appeared might poetically refer to the Copper mining area south of the Dead Sea or the sier mountains surrounding it modern Scholars have often dismissed these claims about Dion isis's Origins but recent findings align perfectly with this ancient material the region of sier is traditionally considered the birthplace of Yahweh judges 54 and the historical homeland of furnace metallers furnace Metallurgy was introduced to the aan at

the end of the fourth millennium BCE making it seem unlikely at first that Iron Age mythology would preserve memories from nearly 2,000 years earlier however the metallurgical influence of Canan on the Mediterranean was consistently reinforced throughout the Bronze Age via mining networks trade of ingots and the spread of metallurgical innovation like sulfide ore smelting and bronze alloying this constant connection could explain how the Canaanite origin of the aan god of Metallurgy dionis was transmitted into the early Iron Age if dionis in his original form is indeed the aan counterpart of yah way we must ask

whether the rise of their popular Cults was interconnected a gean influence in Canaan Jeremiah 474 tells us that many Philistines held from creit their migration to Canaan during the early Iron Age might have brought the Creon worship practices of volcanos with them this potential influence of philistine culture on the spread of yahweh's worship should not be dismissed especially considering the close ties between the Philistines and the Israelite tribe of Dan this possibility is further supported by a striking parallel mentioned by Amos who compares the Israelites Exodus from Egypt to the Philistines migration from CRE both

events attributed to yahwe have not I Yahweh brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt and the philis from kaftor and Aram from K Amos 97 while the influence of the Philistines may have played a role it's important to note that they did not recognize Yahweh as their National deity this suggests that the popularization of yahweh's cult in Canaan likely did not originate with the Philistines despite possible cultural exchanges another connection is the dooi mentioned 138 times in Homer's Iliad were the Greek warriors who fought in the Trojan War they likely Trace their Origins

to danus a legendary King of Argos whose descendants were called the denans or danoi this makes them one of the oldest most prestigious lineages among the Greeks the danoi included the greatest Greek Heroes Achilles Agamemnon Odus menus and diamides whose bravery and tragic Fates defined their legacy in the war interestingly the dooi might reflect real Bronze Age Warriors some Scholars connect them to the Sea peoples a group of tribes that ravaged the ancient world during this time one of these tribes the danuna also called denan dooi daas and other very cre ation in Egyptian hittite

and classical sources first appeared in the mid-14th century BCE in the Amara letters some believe that the danoi are linked to the tribe of Dan the danites that are mentioned in the bible suggesting a deep deep connection between the Greek aan world where the God dionis was worshiped and the Canaanite region where Yahweh way later became prominent this powerful connection between Greek and Canaanite cultures reveals how closely intertwin these ancient civilizations may have been Canaanite influence in the aan in Greece the earliest evidence of a popular Cult of dionis dates back to the 9th and

8th centuries BCE a period marked by dramatic Transformations across the aan phenomenon known as the orientalizing revolution due to its lentine roots several factors suggest that the spread of Dion isis's worship was deeply intertwined with this wave of cultural influence from the Levant for the Greeks dionis was believed to be the grandson of Cadmus whose name derives from the Hebrew cadem meaning the east or the leavon Cadmus the legendary founder of thieves was seen as the link between Greece and the East this letine origin of dionis was clearly significant to the Greeks as they often

refer to the God as the cadmean an ancient inscription for magnesia reinforces this connection revealing that the local population requested priests and Min ads from the line AG of Ino the cadmean to guide the practices at their new Temple of dionis ensuring that his cult was performed authentically and in line with its true Traditions further evidence of this Canaanite influence on the popular Cult of dionis can be seen in the ritual cry LEL euu chanted during dionan processions this expression which lacks a clear meaning in Greek Bears a striking resemblance to the Hebrew phrase Allelujah

this similarity bolsters the theory that the popular Cult of dionis was introduced to Greece from the Levant during the first half of the first millennium BCE the primary bridge between the Levant and the aian world was the Phoenicians in Greek tradition Cadmus the grandfather of dionis and the legendary founder of Thieves is believed to have originated from TY however the Phoenicians are not known for promoting the worship of Yahweh a practice unique to the Israelite Alliance it's unlikely that the tyrians would have introduced The Cult of Yahweh to Greece before promoting their own Patron God

melart in fact the Greek equivalent of melkart is easily identified it's meles the god of Corinth meles's widespread popularity in the Corinthian ithmus underscores the strong Tyrion influence in Greece at least from the time of the orientalizing Revolution while dionis and melti share many similarities in Greece they remain distinct entities much like Yahweh and melart did in Canaan despite their affinities this parallel suggests that the spread of the dionan cult from thieves May indicate a strong Israelite influence in boaa during the 8th and 7th centuries BCE this conclusion is somewhat surprising given that the Israelites

Maritime activities are rarely mentioned in the Bible and are virtually ignored by Greek sources as a result an Israelite cultural influence overseas is generally considered improbable however this potential yahwistic influence in Greece becomes clearer when we consider the territory of the Israelite tribe of Asher described as a people who dwell at the shore of the sea and abide by its Bays jender 5:17 according to the Book of Joshua the northern boundary of Asher's domain extended to the southern region of sidon encompassing the coastal strip in all the towns and Villages surrounding the Fortress of Ty

Joshua 19 25-29 a similar Northern extension is mentioned in 2 Samuel 24 6-7 aligning with the geographical location of Asher settlements by the 9th century this region was identified as part of the kingdom of Ty it's possible that the northern tribe of Asher had been integrated into the Tyrion Kingdom by the beginning of the first millennium BCE supporting this idea is a passage in the book of Kings where it's reported that Solomon sold the land of Kabul to hyam First Kings the archaeological and literary evidence strongly suggest that the land of Kabul might actually refer

to the entire domain of the tribe of Asher this transfer of authority from Israel to Phoenicia occurring During the orientalizing Revolution might help explain the origins of the popular Cult of dionis in Greece the involvement of the tribe of Asher in spreading the ystic cult overseas is particular intriguing especially considering the trib's composition most of the ashite lineages mentioned in the book of Chronicles 1 Chronicles with Yahweh and his ancient worship practices therefore the cult of Yahweh within the northern tribe of Asher as reflected in the cult of dionis in Greece shouldn't be seen as

a diluted peripheral version of yahweh's worship as practiced by the tribes of Judah Ephraim and Manasseh rather it likely represents a reliable continuation of early yahwistic worship possibly even predating Israelite religion as we know it furthermore recognizing an ashite influence within the Phoenicians opens up another possibility the islands mentioned in connection with yahweh's worship might not only refer to the aan but also to The Phoenician colonies scattered throughout the Mediterranean this could explain the ambiguity surrounding the location of these islands in the book of Isaiah potentially including both regions this investigation reveals that the references

in the Psalms and the book of Isaiah to the worship of Yahweh overseas are not merely the aspirations of monotheistic authors eager to extend the Dominion of the Jerusalem based God instead they genuinely reflect the existence of a local worship of Yahweh in the aan under the name dionis the parallels between these two gods have been established through the comparative analysis of their Cults attributes modes of action and human theophanies the homology between Yahweh and dianis is further confirmed by their shared though vestigal connection to Copper metall Argy given the extensive Canaanite metallurgical influence in

the aan and the homology between dionis and the cre and Zeus of the minoan period it can be concluded that dianis was the aian counterpart of Yahweh even before their Cults were popularized during the Iron Age the Canaanite origin of dionis challenges current views of the ancient aan culture and civilization however this analysis also opens up new avenues for investigating ancient Israel for the first time a detailed non-biblical Source concerning the ancient Cult of Yahweh has been identified although both the cult of dionis in Greece and the cult of Yahweh in Israel evolved independently throughout

the first millennium BCE the similarities between them offer valuable insights a simple reference to dionis is not sufficient to fully clarify the nature of yahweh's popular cult before the monotheistic reform still The Continuous spread of furnace Metallurgy from Canaan was not confined to the aan suggesting that homologies between Yahweh and other gods linked to Copper Metallurgy likely exist exploring these cultic elements may help uncover the true nature of the early worship of this mysterious Canaanite god of Metallurgy even at this early stage of Investigation the comparative study between dianis and Yahweh sheds light on many

aspects obscured by the monotheistic reform it is notable that the fundamental characteristics of Yahweh emerging from this analysis are closely tied to his original identity as a god of copper Metallurgy this exploration invites us to rethink our understanding of the popular Cult of Yahweh in early Israel and the emergence of monotheism this unique Faith should not be viewed as the final phase of a Natural Evolution from polytheism to henotheism nor as the culmination of a latent monotheism or monolatry inherent in Semitic beliefs nor is it merely the religious counterpart of a literary fiction composed in

the second half of the first millennium BCE through a brilliant compilation of diverse sources instead monotheistic faith and its biblical foundations appear to be the ultimate evolution of the popularization of the cult of the god of furnace Metallurgy in his historical Homeland this topic is fascinating and should Inspire more research for these connections we will now look for Yahweh as a Metallurgy deity continuing the work by Dr nissam [Music] amsel ladies and gentlemen here's what we've learned so far on this wild wilderness Adventure from the region of Israel at the East side of the Mediterranean

traveling south into the region of Edom Midian where the copper mines burned with the Majestic Heat Of The Sun crafting not only elements by melting Metals but making men into Gods becoming man Gods such as our prophets Moses Elijah Elisha and Samuel we wandered through the dry mountain regions of the sin going into Egypt where the oldest mention of Yahweh is chiseled in Stone describing him as a god of the nomadic tribes in that copper mining region not the god of Israel so how did he Ascend to power in Israel and later merge with l

a completely different God we learned that there was so much cross-cultural communication between the ancient world and the aan the lands of Phoenicia Israel where the Philistines were located during and after the bronze collapse AKA end of the world 1177 BCE experience we learned that so many of the tribes of Israel may actually originate from the aan and other locations in the Mediterranean Sea we dawned the cap of Sir James George Frasier and witnessed that Krishna and the ancient Zeus known as volcanos may have likely connections all the way back when linear be was the

written language which is currently undecipherable we know that many other gods in the world were crafter Demi urge deities from Egypt Mesopotamia and all over the world it's obvious to The Experts that Metallurgy was extremely significant in the ancient world so it's time everyone knows what these Scholars have discovered we have no doubts that Yahweh Zeus and dionis have overlap in the helenistic period but the Shocker is discovering that there are roots that may go all the way back into the Bronze Age between these gods in the next documentary we continue carrying the torch of

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