PHOENICIAN WORD FOR SATURN = ISRAEL
Eusebius of Caesarea (c. AD 260/265 – 30 May AD 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilius, was a historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist from the Roman province of Syria Palaestina. In about AD 314 he became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima.
Phoenician historian Sanchuniathon spoke of him in his works which have been preserved by Eusebius in Preparation of the Gospel, book i, chapter x. Sanchoniathon states:
"Chronus, whom the Phoenicians name ISRAEL [JACOB] and who was, after his death, consecrated into the star SATURN, when HE WAS KING OF THE COUNTRY, and had by a nymph of that country, named Anobret, an only begotten son, whom, on that account, they called JEUD, (the Phoenicians to this day calling an only begotten son by that name), he in the dread of very great dangers that lay upon the country from war, ADORNED HIS SON WITH ROYAL APPAREL, and built an altar, and offered him in sacrifice."
While this passage of Sanchoniathon probably mixes several traditions, it shows that JACOB WAS REGARDED AS A KING IN CANAAN!
An ancient scarab (a seal shaped like a beetle) was unearthed by archaeologists from a Middle Bronze Age IIB tomb at Tell Shiqmona, near Haifa in Israel -- 1.3 kilometers southwest of the Carmel Cape.
This scarab, a type of seal shaped like a dung beetle, was found by archaeologists and is believed to be around 3,800 years old.
On the flat side of the scarab can be seen the Egyptian transliteration of the Semitic name YAQUB (JACOB) spelled out in the center of the seal as Y'QB-HR.
A second such scarab, bearing a virtually identical inscription FRAMED IN A CARTOUCHE, was also uncovered.
With the same name Y'QB-HR on it, it identifies the owner as A CANAANITE CHIEF OR KING!
These seals were dated to before 1730 B.C., thus placing them close to the time of the biblical JACOB!
Here's a more detailed look at the discovery:
This scarab, a type of seal shaped like a dung beetle, was found by archaeologists and is believed to be around 3,800 years old.
On the flat side of the scarab can be seen the Egyptian transliteration of the Semitic name YAQUB (JACOB) spelled out in the center of the seal as Y'QB-HR.
A second such scarab, bearing a virtually identical inscription FRAMED IN A CARTOUCHE, was also uncovered.
With the same name Y'QB-HR on it, it identifies the owner as A CANAANITE CHIEF OR KING!
These seals were dated to before 1730 B.C., thus placing them close to the time of the biblical JACOB!
Here's a more detailed look at the discovery:
Location:
The scarab was found at Tell Shiqmona, a major archaeological site near Haifa, Israel.
Age:
It dates back to the Middle Bronze Age IIB, roughly 3,800 years old.
Material:
The scarab is likely made of faience, a type of silicate material often used in ancient artifacts.
Usage:
Scarabs were used as:
- seals
- amulets
- symbols of status and power
in ancient Canaan and Egypt.
They often bore religious symbols or signs of the owner's position.
Significance:
The discovery highlights the cultural connections and trade between Canaan and Egypt during the Middle Bronze Age.
Around the peripheral of the scarabs are SPIRAL MOTIFS, which are a CHARACTERISTIC OF ISRAELITE ART and can be found on pottery and other art forms of the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, the Etruscans, and most of the Celtic tribes.
Today, in Ireland, these spiral motifs can be found on the lintels of ancient tombs and carved on rocks scattered around the countryside.
Today, in Ireland, these spiral motifs can be found on the lintels of ancient tombs and carved on rocks scattered around the countryside.
The Icelandic LANGFEDGATAL, which traces the ancestry of Odin, shows that he was descended from KING SATURNUS OF KRIT.
Who was this Saturnus of Krit?
Who was this Saturnus of Krit?
Herman L. Hoeh reveals the answer:
In modern English the name would be SATURN OF CRETE.
There were many Saturns in antiquity, often confused with one another.
Usually, the name was applied to a man who FLEES or who HIDES himself.
Saturn is a Latin word derived from a root meaning TO FLEE INTO HIDING.
The Greek term was KRONOS.
This particular SATURN OF CRETE was so famous that the Phoenician historian Sanchoniathon spoke of him.
Fragments of his works have been preserved by Eusebius in Preparation of the Gospel, book i, ch. x.
Here are his words:
"For Kronos or (Saturn), whom the Phoenicians call ISRAEL...."
(Corey's Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, Carthaginian, Babylonian, Egyptian and other Authors, by E. Richmond Hodges, page 21.)
The memory of the rule of Jacob and his 12 sons over the land of Goshen was incorporated into Egyptian folklore, with Jacob becoming known as HEPHAESTUS (the god who limps) and Judah becoming known as the Egyptian and Cretan ZEUS.
According to Greek mythology Hephaestus became lame because of a quarrel with Zeus about Heracles.
According to Greek mythology Hephaestus became lame because of a quarrel with Zeus about Heracles.
"Zeus threw him down from Olympus.
Hephaestus' fall lasted for A WHOLE DAY:
towards the evening, he hit the ground in the island of Lemnos, was rescued by the Sintians and restored to life, BUT HE REMAINED LAME"
(The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology, London. 1991, p. 180).
"The Identification of Israel with Saturn" by John R. Salverda
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Yesreile/Israel, the ancient Phoenician name for the planet Saturn, The Children of Israel meaning the Stars of Heaven. The Lord God of Israel is that constellation (Aries or Taurus) that brings the Children of Israel UP from below the horizon out of the land of "Egypt". The God, which brought the Israelites out of Egypt always being plural, ELOHIM, refers to the stars that makeup the constellation at the point where the ecliptic crosses the equator. The Children of Israel, Israel, and the Stars of Heaven are synonymous and interchangeable.
Reverend Robert Taylor (18 August 1784 – September 1844), was an early 19th-century Radical, a clergyman turned freethinker. His "Infidel home missionary tour" was an incident in Charles Darwin's education, leaving Darwin with a memory of "the Devil's Chaplain" as a warning of the dangers of dissent from Church of England doctrine.
"The Astronomico-Theological Lectures" by Rev. Robert Taylor
Martyr for mythicism: Rev. Robert Taylor - Stellar House Publishing
PHOENICIAN WORD FOR SATURN = ISRAEL