The Battle for Betyl: Meteorites in the Bible? part 2

Just a vid showing that there is no mention of meteorites in the Bible but in so doing, I show you a few sites that are very useful in doing research ref the Bible.


Good sites to bookmark:

Online searchable bible with Greek and Hebrew lexicons built in AND multiple versions AND commentaries.

blueletterbible.org

Online searchable Strong's Greek and Hebrew lexicons.

http://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html

Online searchable Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament)

http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/

Online searchable Latin Vulgate bible

http://www.drbo.org/lvb/

Happy hunting.

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[kidi1232]

@TeesByTruthSurge I'm aware of that, and that's what i was trying to say in my comment. Maybe I wasn't clear enough.

[kidi1232]

@TeesByTruthSurge pt.2 then, my ancestors (israelites) came and like they "stole" the word "El", they "stole" the altar in beit el and made up a legend about this location, obviously a legend that tells about their god.

[kidi1232]

@TeesByTruthSurge hmnm, very interesting, have you considered the possibility the process was the other way around? that the people of the area (even before the israelites), just as they did with many things, took the word baetylus (which might even date back to pre-pagan beliefs) and distorted it for their own beliefs, so that baetylus (it doesn't sound like a semite word, but the root is probably similar) became beit el (the pagan god "El").

[kidi1232]

@TeesByTruthSurge i think the idea behind taking those words (like the word for electricity) was that it's better to take unused hebrew words, and redefine them, rather then inventing new words.

[kidi1232]

@TeesByTruthSurge "beth el, and it's standing stone aspect, morpherd into betl and betyl then became lingked to our idea of a standing stone", around 2:00.

I think that by "[jacob] erected a stone" it menas that jacob built an altar (back then - a stone "table")

[kidi1232]

oh and btw, I highly doubt about your bethel = standing stone theory. if there was such transformation like you described, it was not by hebrew speakers. since hebrew was "in stasis" for nearly 2000 years, it's easy to detect the connection between words and their biblical origin. there is nothing that rings a bell about "standing stone" nor the word "bethel". And I believe it would be easy to detect such connection if it existed.

[kidi1232]

Actually it's pronounced Beit El (t and not th, sounds like bait L).

it was easy for me to understand that something with the word was wrong because when hebrew transformed from a language used only in religious discussions back to a spoken language. people searched the bible for words that can describe modern things. for example electricity was translated as "hashmal" which the bible associates with light and energy.

there is no such word for meteorite, even today we say "meteorit".

[TruthSurge]

I've been camping many times but I never used a rock for my pillow. Odd how the body really isn't made to lay down on the side or the back. Side feels good except for the shoulders/head.  Your shoulder joint is pushed and your head flops at a horrible angle w/o a pillow. It's one of the surest signs that we weren't designed by any omniscient being. If so, he is a horrible designer. He should have made us flat like a flounder so we don't need pillows!

[goal2004]

I'm starting to doubt you've ever went out camping :)

When I was in the Israeli military and we had to go out on certain exercises I would find a nice comfortable rock, pad it a bit on the top and go to sleep.

It's not a new thing that people have an easier time falling asleep and then sleep much better on their side. The head is somewhat distant from the body, so using the rock as a platform to put some softer materials on it is not unfathomable.

[TruthSurge]

Let's see.... lay your head on the ground? or on a chunk of hard concrete? hmmmm gee. I can't decide. Let me try something else. Lay my head on a bundle of animal skins? Or.... on a hard chunk of concrete? hmmmmm tough call. :)