Translating the Septuagint
Six Essays on Religion and History
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I picked up the Bible at an early age, and then, in my mid-twenties, I picked up Ancient History as an afterthought, because I was reading things in the Bible, and I had no idea how they related to matters outside ancient Jerusalem and its environment. . . . I contend that too often these histories, secular and divine, are only discussed independently, without reference to each other, and that this ought not be so. Regarding the secular and divine, the two histories relate to the same events and are, as I say, incomplete unless they are studied in tandem. I contend, in fact, that no self-respecting historian of antiquity can divorce God, gods, and theology from any legitimate study of history. Assuming at least a kernel of truth to such an assertion, this booklet represents my small effort to rectify this malfeasance by too many contemporary chroniclers of the ancient past.
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The ancient past holds many secrets waiting to be revealed. Follow John T Haupt around the ancient world as he discovers nuance to the staid cliches of history. How was Monotheism spread through Eurasia and Europe? How in the 19th Century did Russia differ from the Western world. Was Jonah Zoroaster? Who commissioned the sacred Temples in Jerusalem? What actually happened in Jerusalem during the “Greek Dark Age”? Who were the gods of the Pantheon, and from whence did they evolve? How was the Septuagint translated? These questions are confronted in this romp around the worlds of antiquity. Hone your knowledge and understanding of the roots of modern man in this fascinating study of where we’ve been, and how the past offers clues to the politics of today. Enjoy history with nuance in this brief but bold study of newfound truth in the old, old tradition of finding ourselves today in the study of ourselves of yesterday.