Teheccut Readings

Iconaclast  In rebellion against the old religion and the powerful priests of Amun , Akhenaten ordered the eradication of all of Egypt's traditional gods . He sent royal officials to chisel out and destroy every reference to Amun and the names of other deities on tombs, temple walls, and cartouches to instill in the people that the Aten was the one true god.

As Christianity spread, it acquired certain members from well-educated circles of the Hellenistic world ; they sometimes became bishops. They produced two sorts of works, theological and apologetic , the latter being works aimed at defending the faith by using reason to refute arguments against the veracity of Christianity. These authors are known as the Church Fathers , and study of them is called patristics . Notable early fathers include Ignatius of Antioch , Polycarp , Justin Martyr , Irenaeus , Tertullian , Clement of Alexandria , and Origen . 

The Ante-Nicene period saw the rise of a great number of Christian sects , cults and movements with strong unifying characteristics lacking in the apostolic period . They had different interpretations of Scripture , particularly the divinity of Jesus and the nature of the Trinity . Many variations in this time defy neat categorizations, as various forms of Christianity interacted in a complex fashion to form the dynamic character of Christianity in this era. The Post-Apostolic period was diverse simon keren both in terms of beliefs and practices. In addition to the broad spectrum of general branches of Christianity, there was constant change and diversity that variably resulted in both internecine conflicts and syncretic adoption. [9] [10] [11] [12]

 The Council of Jerusalem or Apostolic Council was held in Jerusalem around AD 50. It is unique among the ancient pre-ecumenical councils in that it is considered by Catholics to be the first ecumenical council and by Orthodox to be a prototype and forerunner of the later ecumenical councils . Both Catholics and Orthodox regard it as expressing a key part of Christian doctrine and moral teaching. The council decided that gentile converts to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the Law of Moses , including the rules concerning circumcision of males . The council did, however, arguably retain prohibitions on eating meat sacrificed in pagan rites, on fornication and on idolatry . These decisions are sometimes referred to as the Apostolic Decree. 

    First Council of Nicaea (325) First Council of Constantinople (381) We believe in one God , the Father Almighty , Maker of all things visible and invisible. We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God , begotten of the Father [the only-begotten ; that is, of the essence of the Father, God of God,] Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father ; And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds (æons) , Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; By whom all things were made [both in heaven and on earth]; by whom all things were made; Who for us men, and for our salvation , came down and was incarnate and was made man; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven , and was incarna...

   PRAY LIKE "OLD CAMEL KNEES"! These are troubled, difficult and yes - evil times. These are times where leaders of  society- from the highest to the lowest- call "good evil" and "evil good" (see Isaiah  5 :20).  But you and I are not to be like those whose souls are storing up wrath for the Day of Judgment. We called to  a life of Holiness, Righteousness and right communication with the Father day seals that for us. The half brother of the Lord Jesus Christ - since they had the same earthly mother Mary - is the Apostle James.   He, James, was one of Jesus' five half brothers and sisters who did NOT believe He was the Messiah until after the Resurrection. Jude is the other one. The proof of their salvation are the two New Testament Epistles that they wrote - The Books of James and Jude! The Lord chose James to head up the main church - the one in Jerusalem and James is prominent in the early church right after Peter, Jo...

  A map of the Bronze Age collapse

 In the specific context of the Middle East , a variety of factors – including population growth, soil degradation , drought, cast bronze weapon and iron production technologies – could have combined to push the relative price of weaponry (compared to arable land ) to a level unsustainable for traditional warrior aristocracies. In complex societies that were increasingly fragile and less resilient, the combination of factors may have contributed to the collapse. The growing complexity and specialisation of the Late Bronze Age political, economic, and social organisation in Carol Thomas and Craig Conant's phrase [52] together made the organisation of civilisation too intricate to reestablish piecewise when disrupted. That could explain why the collapse was so widespread and able to render the Bronze Age civilizations incapable of recovery. The critical flaws of the Late Bronze Age are its centralisation, specialisation, complexity, and top-heavy political structure . ...

 The process by which scriptures became canons and Bibles was a long one, and its complexities account for the many different Old Testaments which exist today. Timothy H. Lim, a professor of Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism at the University of Edinburgh , identifies the Old Testament as "a collection of authoritative texts of apparently divine origin that went through a human process of writing and editing." [2] He states that it is not a magical book, nor was it literally written by God and passed to mankind. By about the 5th century BC Jews saw the five books of the Torah (the Old Testament Pentateuch) as having authoritative status; by the 2nd century BC the Prophets had a similar status, although without quite the same level of respect as the Torah; beyond that, the Jewish scriptures were fluid, with different groups seeing authority in different books. [31]

Way of given measures. x times 3600. 3600 is 60x60 with is 60 based numbering system base.  Three times 3,600 units of raw bitumen were melted in a kiln and three times 3,600 units of oil were used in addition to two times 3,600 units of oil that were stored in the boat.

Gilgamesh, who wants to overcome death, cannot even conquer sleep. 

Tell is derived from the Arabic word tall ( تَل ), meaning ‘mound’ or ‘small hill’, and is first attested in English in 1840 in a report in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society . [1] Variant spellings include tall , tel , til , and tal . [1] [9] [10] The Hebrew word tel ( תל ) is a cognate . There are equivalents in other Southwest Asian languages, including tepe or tappeh ( Turkish / Persian : تپه ‎, also transliterated teppe and tepe ), hüyük or höyük (Turkish), and chogha (Persian: چغا ‎). These often appear in place names and are sometimes used by archaeologists to refer to the same type of sites. [9] [10] The Arabic word khirbet or khirbat ( خربة ), meaning 'ruin', also occurs in the names of many archaeological tells. 

  The Citadel of Aleppo , northern Syria , on top of a tell occupied since at least the third millennium BC

 The epics of  Gilgamesh Creation of Enkidu Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, abuses his people. In response to complaints from the citizens, the goddess Aruru creates Enkidu in the steppe. Abundantly hairy and primitive, he lives roaming with the herds and grazing and drinking from rivers with the beasts. One day a hunter watches Enkidu destroying the traps he has prepared for the animals. The hunter informs his father, who sends him to Uruk to ask Gilgamesh for help. The king hands him over Shamhat, a prostitute, which he sleeps with her for two weeks until he becomes human, intelligent and understanding words, however the beasts flee when they see him. Shamhat convinces Enkidu to face the tyrant Gilgamesh in combat. Meanwhile, in Uruk, the king has two dreams prophesying the arrival of his enemy. Enkidu faces Gilgamesh Enkidu learns to behave like a man with the shepherders eating, drinking and defending them from wolves and lions at night. Upon reaching Uruk, Enkidu ...

Crusader graffiti in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , Jerusalem

 Meanwhile, a plague broke out, killing many among the army, including the legate Adhemar, who died on 1 August. [90] There were now even fewer horses than before, and worse, the Muslim peasants in the area refused to supply the crusaders with food. Thus, in December, after the Arab town of Ma'arrat al-Numan was captured following a siege , history describes the first occurrence of cannibalism among the crusaders . [91] Radulph of Caen wrote, "In Ma'arrat our troops boiled pagan adults in cooking pots; they impaled children on spits and devoured them grilled." [92] At the same time, the minor knights and soldiers had become increasingly restless and threatened to continue to Jerusalem without their squabbling leaders. Finally, at the beginning of 1099, the march restarted, leaving Bohemond behind as the first Prince of Antioch. [67]

Queen Arwa al- Sulaihi Palace

After the death of Mu'di Karab Ya'fir in around 521 CE, a Himyarite Jewish warlord named Yousef Asar Yathar rose to power. His honorary title Yathar means "to avenge". Yemenite Christians, aided by Aksum and Byzantium , systematically persecuted Jews and burned down several synagogues across the land. Yousef avenged his people with great cruelty. [42] He marched toward the port city of Mocha killing 14,000 and capturing 11,000. [40] Then he settled a camp in Bab-el-Mandeb to prevent aid flowing from Aksum . At the same time, Yousef sent an army under the command of another Jewish warlord, Sharahil Yaqbul, to Najran . Sharahil had reinforcements from the Bedouins of the Kindah and Madh'hij tribes, eventually wiping out the Christian community in Najran. [43] Yousef or Dhu Nuwas (The one with sidelocks ) as known in Arabic literature, believed that Christians in Yemen were a fifth column . [44] Christian sources portray Dhu Nuwas (Yousef Asar) as a...

 The Sabaean Kingdom came into existence from at least the eleventh century BC. [4] There were four major kingdoms or tribal confederations in South Arabia : Saba , Hadramout , Qataban and Ma'in . Saba is believed to be biblical Sheba and was the most prominent federation. [5] The Sabaean rulers adopted the title Mukarrib generally thought to mean "unifier", [6] or a "priest-king". [7] The role of the Mukarrib was to bring the various tribes under the kingdom and preside over them all. [8] The Sabaens built the Great Dam of Marib around 940 BCE. [9] The dam was built to withstand the seasonal flash floods surging down the valley. 

Ruins of the historical dam of the former Sabaean capital of Ma'rib , amidst the Sarawat Mountains of present-day Yemen