Sumerian
tablet translation calls for re-examination of Genesis text
An
alternative translation of the biblical Genesis text has revealed
a realistic and down to earth story of flesh and blood farmers,
recorded as the Anannage or the Elohim in the planted highlands,
as opposed to God in heaven.
The
familiar biblical story of the Garden of Eden compiled in
the 1st millennium BC has had many counterparts little known
outside specialist circles. One however was written in clear
and secular terms and inscribed on clay tablets in Sumeria
during the 3rd Millennium BC and placed in the Nippur library.
Now
published in the book The Genius of
the Few by ancient languages scholar Christian and Barbara
Joy O'Brien and available for inspection on this website,
we now have within An Alternative Genesis
the contributions from a much earlier and more detailed record
providing the self evident links to the Bible.
O'Brien's
changes to the interpretation and translation of the biblical
texts are supported in far greater detail in both this ancient
Sumerian literature and in little known, parallel Hebraic
writings such as the Secrets of Enoch. He also draws
on the work of many scholars over the past 100 years, who
have challenged the Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek and English translations
of the Bible.
Translation
of the 4,500 year old, seven Sumerian Kharsag Epics
from the cuneiform clay cylinders and tablets excavated from
the remains of the Nippur Library in 1896 by an expedition
from the University of Pennsylvania, have identified the wise
sages who passed down their knowledge to the Sumerian civilization,
which was in full power 2000 years before the Bible was compiled.
The
early popularity of the Secrets of Enoch, which carried
the full weight of a canonical work, was based on a false
premise. It was thought to be a series of prophecies of a
Golden Age that would occur in the future. The early Fathers
of the Church failed to realise that they were a consistent
account of a Golden Age that had already occured in
the distant past.
Enoch
traveled from near the summit of Mount Hermon and recorded
his visit within a graphic and detailed account of the Kharsag
(Eden) site, now identified in the Rachaiyah (Achaia) Basin,
Southern Lebanon, where he met the Lords of the Cultivation,
Granary and Plough, and the Lady Ninkharsag (Mama).
Further
comments on the content of
The Genius of the Few
Here
we have the descriptions in graphic and practical detail of
cedar houses and buildings for scientists and livestock. A
dam, a reservoir and a fertile alluvial basin, all essential
for agriculture, horticulture and livestock production. Irrigation
channels and supplies of water to the buildings, fields and
orchards within an enclosure. This links with the latest bio-archeological
research evidence which suggests that the domestication of
eleven founder crops, sheep and goats arrived around the same
time centred on the same location.
We
also learn about the practical problems of acquiring and administering
a labour force to run the whole operation and the problems
encountered with local tribes. Modern research on genetics
and language provide additional support for the biblical diffusion
of farming, culture and people from this area.
Discover
the geological and historical reality of the Garden of Eden
site, together with its ultimate and much later destruction
by a catastrophic storm.
A
new understanding unfolds which gives a clearer perspective
of the Bible stories and the important written records of
other religions. Common links are established which break
down our resistance to the diverse interests and beliefs of
other people living on our planet who are genetically almost
identical.
Christian
and Barbara Joy O'Brien provide a detailed profile and role
analysis of the flesh and blood Yahweh Elohim of Exodus. As
Yahweh he remains the paramount 'God' of the Hebrew people,
as Jehovah, he is still worshipped as the Supreme Deity of
the Protestant and Catholic Christian religions, and as Allah
he is the High God of the ancient Arabian pantheon and the
god of Muhammad ibn Abdallah.
Here
we can question the record without fear and draw our own conclusions
about the message presented, and perhaps identify the reality
of a different and earlier supreme being in Anu, who
heads our family tree around 8,000 BC.
The
Genius of the Few ends with the chapter Unity of Truth,
which links together philosophy and religion from around the
world to demonstrate the common threads of origin and the
single basic importance of reciprocity. However as a post
script to this book, religion as it is commonly practised,
would seem to be a relatively recent development, based only
loosely on our historical roots.
Read
on in The Shining Ones and
The Path of Light to find out
that the key common spiritual truths stem from the most ancient
Gnostic knowledge.
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