The Cosmic Links of the Bible: A Revealing Analysis

The Cosmic Links of the Bible: A Revealing Analysis

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The Styles and Origins of Biblical Texts

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myths, mysteries, conflicts, and revelations: the intriguing coincidences between the bible and ancient civilizations

 

Origins and Mythological Parallels

The fascinating relationship between the Bible and ancient civilizations has sparked growing interest in studying biblical texts from a comparative perspective. This analysis aims to explore the possible origins and mythological parallels that may have influenced the creation of biblical narratives.

Genesis Revisited: Evidence of External Influences

The assertions made in the previous article can be corroborated by the styles identifiable in the original texts in ancient Hebrew and even in the various translations. A question that has arisen for many years, without reliable answers from the Church, is whether the stories contained in the Bible are original to the different authors or are copies of accounts experienced and recorded on tablets from ancient civilizations.

Influences of Sumerian Mythology on Genesis

There are numerous specialists and experts in Semitic languages who, after deciphering and translating Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian cuneiform texts, have found fascinating parallels in some of the stories recounted in these texts. These stories suggest that the Sumerian narratives, which date back some 6,000 years, could have been the source of many of the biblical stories.

The Parallel between Sumerian and Hebrew Paradises

In seven of the many Sumerian tablets (1900-1600 B.C.) found in the ruins of the library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, now housed in the British Museum in London, there is a poem called Enuma Elish, which describes the creation of the world. It also tells a legend of a Sumerian paradise called Dilmun, a virginal and pristine land where tranquility and absolute happiness reign, and where immortality is obtained. This place was the scene of a story featuring the gods Enki, Ninhursag, and Namnin. This paradisiacal place bears an extraordinary parallel to Eden and the story of Adam and Eve contained in Genesis 1.

In the Sumerian story, the serpent is the emblem of the goddess, and the sacred tree or plant is a symbol of fertility. What is interesting about the Hebrew Genesis is the presence of symbols from other mythologies reinterpreted with different meanings. Thus, the Sumerian image of a divine serpent, a sacred tree, and a goddess enraged with her consort for having eaten the magical plant becomes, in Genesis, a tree with forbidden fruit, a seductive and lascivious serpent, and a weak man induced by the woman to transgress, leading to his downfall.

Change of Roles and Meanings

The parallel between these two paradise stories shows a reversal of roles, for in the Sumerian paradise, the goddess (female) is enraged with her consort for having eaten the magical plant, with the consort (male) being the transgressor. In contrast, in the Hebrew Genesis, the woman is the transgressor and the one who induces the man to transgression. Of course, the Church rejects without valid arguments everything related to the stories of these ancient civilizations, for accepting the similarities with the biblical stories would dismantle the façade of their man-made invention of an anthropomorphic God who created humanity.

Who, When, and Why Were the Roles Changed?

It cannot be determined with precision who or when the roles were changed in Genesis. What can be clearly determined is that this change was made to place women in a secondary and negative role, making them responsible for a great guilt, for a “sin” created by the imagination of the Church’s theologians, and to justify misogyny, as will be demonstrated throughout this blog.

The Theological Challenge and the Heresy of Nathaniel Schmidt

For Christianity and Catholicism, this parallelism represents a serious problem, as it is very embarrassing that the Bible is based on or is a copy of stories and characters from other civilizations.
One of the most prominent scholars of Genesis was Professor Nathaniel Schmidt, a devout Christian Hebraist, orientalist, theologian, and Baptist pastor, who taught Semitic Languages for eight years at Colgate University in New York. In 1896, he was dismissed after eight outstanding years, accused of heresy. Schmidt was one of the interpreters of Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian texts, and Catholicism considered that his theological writings had shaken the foundations of Christianity and Judaism. He asserted that the Bible summarized stories already written and experienced by these ancient civilizations. The most significant aspect is that in none of these ancient stories is God mentioned at all; they only refer to contacts of these ancestors with beings from other worlds.

The Legacy of Heretical Research

Consequently, it can be inferred that the Jewish and Christian stories about God, contained in Genesis, are really a compilation of stories of real contacts with extraterrestrials.
Professor Schmidt was also excommunicated, and shortly after being dismissed from Colgate University, he was hired by Cornell University, where he taught Semitic languages for 36 years. He remained unwavering in his assertions and conducted deeper investigations into biblical stories. Later, other scholars of ancient languages, such as Professor Mauro Biglino, writer, translator of Masoretic Hebrew, philologist, and Hebraist who worked for Edizioni San Paolo of the Vatican, were also dismissed for their theological writings, which were not in line with those of the Church. Biglino published sixteen books related to the Bible and religion. Zecharia Sitchin, whose works have been translated into 26 languages, and many other scholars of ancient languages have corroborated Professor Schmidt’s claims.

Of course, Catholicism, with its immense power, has attacked and disqualified those who have delved into these investigations. It not only denied such studies but has done everything possible to relegate them to oblivion, but without valid grounds to minimize them.