http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/ ANCIENT BIBLE HISTORY Wed, 22 May 2013 14:38:52 GMT lloyd barre http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71485 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71485 yw is Yam. yhw is Yahweh. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Tue, 21 May 2013 07:16:06 GMT bobbykslee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71484 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71484 Dear members, I like to know Genisis chapter 3 where the Serpent was used by Satan to entice Eve first.How would you view the the serpent before God said that Tue, 21 May 2013 02:33:51 GMT Attila Csanyi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71483 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71483 What about the Ugaritic use? There Yahweh was viewed as one of the many sons of El.  KTU 1.1 IV 14 says: sm . bny . yw . ilt “The name of the son of god, Fri, 17 May 2013 15:04:52 GMT ethels http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71482 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71482 http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/sadducees_pharisees_essenes.html -ethel jks Fri, 17 May 2013 15:03:56 GMT ethels http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71481 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71481 The initials of the rest of my name. I'm public on Facebook:) Fri, 17 May 2013 02:23:43 GMT bergendelperon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71480 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71480 Bobby, Actually there was no serpent in the Garden of Eden story. It was a reptile with limbs and it had a power of speech. After Eve was tempted to eat, the Fri, 17 May 2013 02:04:22 GMT Jon Smyth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71479 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71479 Hello Bobby. Anything to do with the Serpent, Satan or Jesus Christ is outside my interest, but with respect to your last question.. ... I have always had an Thu, 16 May 2013 13:58:58 GMT lloyd barre http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71478 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71478 Ethel, What does "jks" mean? LM ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Thu, 16 May 2013 13:58:49 GMT bobbykslee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71477 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71477 To all Group Members I would like to know from anybody about the significance of a serpent in the Garden of Eden and the Brazen serpent held by Moses during Wed, 15 May 2013 16:36:13 GMT nu_cee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71476 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71476 Hi Holly & group, Could it be that names of tribes, clans, and individuals be named after the upheaval of spirit through the crucible of the earthly physical, Wed, 15 May 2013 16:35:51 GMT ethels http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71475 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71475 This is my starting point. Dates are so important to reconstruct the Middle East. So even a handful of names in the Bible are important to me. Religion has Wed, 15 May 2013 16:35:36 GMT lloyd barre http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71474 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71474 Thank you, Holly. I do hate my first name. Call me "LM." LM Mon, 13 May 2013 19:05:25 GMT Holly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71473 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71473 Lloyd: Tribes and clans were usually named after an eponymous ancestor. But you already knew that. Holly Mon, 13 May 2013 13:45:23 GMT lloyd barre http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71472 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71472 Ethel, In the letter of James, God the father is Yahweh Sabaoth. Jesus is not mentioned in the book except in two glosses (1:1; 2:1). I think that the letter Mon, 13 May 2013 13:44:22 GMT lloyd barre http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71471 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientBibleHistory/message/71471 Jacob was an Aramean tribe. There was no individual named Jacob. LM Barre' On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:58 AM, bergendelperon ... [Non-text portions of this