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Anonymous ID: 7889aa Oct. 27, 2021, 11:22 a.m. No.14867632   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7642 >>7650

Haaretz.com

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If there was only one God and making graven images was a biblical no-no, then what was a statue of the Canaanite deity Baal doing in Judahite shrine from the First Temple period?

 

A fragment of what may be a depiction of an ancient Canaanite deity has been found in seemingly the most unthinkable place: a Judahite shrine near Jerusalem from the time of King Solomon’s fabled Temple. The shrine also closely resembles the biblical descriptions of that First Temple and is seen as reflecting the beliefs and rituals that were upheld in Jerusalem at the time.

 

If the discovery is verified, it would be tangible evidence confirming the long-standing suspicion that, in the First Temple period, starting 3,000 years ago, the religion of the ancient Israelites was very different from the aniconic, monotheistic faith that Judaism later became. The Israelites apparently didn’t confine their adoration to Yahweh but worshipped a pantheon of gods, including the infamous Baal.

 

The emphasis here is on the “if” because researchers are being very cautious about how they interpret this weathered stone, which was found in the temple of the ancient community of Motza, just six kilometers from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

 

The putative artifact may be a stone that has broken off in a most unusual way, but it is more plausible that it was part of a manmade relief depicting the legs of a standing figure. That would be typical of Levantine and Canaanite religious imagery in which deities, rulers and mythical beings were portrayed standing, archaeologists say.

 

Unless the researchers are suffering from a collective optical illusion, the relief indeed shows the lower limbs of a figure with its feet pointing in the same direction, which, across the ancient Near East, was often a pose used in depictions of smiting storm deities like Baal, Kisilevitz notes.

 

https://twitter.com/haaretzcom/status/1453403618497994758

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/judahite-temple-by-jerusalem-may-have-housed-statue-of-canaanite-god-1.10330237

Anonymous ID: 7889aa Oct. 27, 2021, 11:42 a.m. No.14867715   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7736 >>7766 >>7856

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A #hacker group called Moses Staff claimed this week that it has successfully conducted a #cyberattack on the @Israel_MOD, releasing files and photos it claims it obtained from the ministry's servers.

 

https://twitter.com/TzviJoffre/status/1453426694178619395

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Anonymous ID: 7889aa Oct. 27, 2021, 12:06 p.m. No.14867790   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7856

New York Post

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Secret Epstein settlement agreement to remain under wraps in Prince Andrew suit https://trib.al/XxcQFba

 

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1453424069848834055

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