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Bookmark or Share- Who Was the Wife of Cain? - Biblical Archaeology SocietyHello Lilith, On the science side: The male Y-chromosome traces back to a single ancestral sequence, which could be interpreted as Adam or Noah. Likewise, the mtDNA can be traced back to a single ancestral sequence, which can be interpreted as either Eve or the last common ancestor of the wives of Noah’s sons. Metal Working 10,500 Yrs.
- Lilith in the Bible and Mythology - Biblical Archaeology SocietyLilith’s creation is recounted in The Tales of Ben Sira, an apocryphal work from the tenth century C.E. Dan Ben-Amos explains that although this is the first extant text that records the legend of Lilith, her story probably existed earlier: [Lilith’s] story seems to hover at the edges of literacy with sporadic references. …
- Scandalous Women in the Bible - Biblical Archaeology SocietyWho is Lilith? As Janet Howe Gaines writes, “In most manifestations of her myth, Lilith represents chaos, seduction and ungodliness. Yet, in her every guise, Lilith has cast a spell on humankind.” Follow Lilith’s journey from Babylonian mythology, through the Bible, to medieval lore and modern literature in Lilith by Janet Howe Gaines.
- Was Mary Magdalene Wife of Jesus? Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute?Only the Western church has said that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. The Eastern church has always honored her as an apostle, noting her as the “apostle to the apostles,” based on the account of the Gospel of John which has Jesus calling her by name and telling her to give the news of his resurrection to the other disciples.
- Who Are the Nephilim? - Biblical Archaeology SocietyThe Nephilim, the product of the sons of god mingling with the daughters of Adam, the great biblical giants, “the fallen ones,” the Rephaim, “the dead ones”—these descriptions are all applied to one group of characters found within the Hebrew Bible.
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