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>It is a matter of some interest that scholars such as Amar Annus believe the ‘sons of Seth’ in the lineage of mankind opposite to the line of Cain were derived from these Mesopotamian (and Egyptian) mythologies based around the Suteans/Seth/Sheth/Set, whereby he argues the Hebrews may have originated from these nomadic Semitic tribes, circa 1800Bce. It is possible therefore that some highly significant associations of meaning were consciously contained or introduced within the links between the two lineages of Seth and Cain, as we will consider shortly. So the metaphor of the South for regions of wilderness, for mines, for the Abzu, the subterranean reservoirs of water which enable life, and for Chaos, (to be found within the individual also), is thus found throughout both Mesopotamian and Hebrew civilizations’ works, including the Bible. The possible development of the transference of ‘South’-related symbolism from Mesopotamian to Hebrew works is theorised to contain more than simple cultural meanings
>At Mari, where Yahweh was known in theophoric names, these names occur often with (other) the ophoric (god-bearing) components; e.g., Jacob and Ishmael – i.e., haqba-hammu/-ahim/ etc. and Yasmaḥ-El/-Adad/-Baʿal/ etc. The names of the Israelite tribes of Levi and Benjamin also seem to have their parallels. hus, the tribal designation at Mari, DUMU.MEŠ-yamin(a), "Yaminites," bears the same connotation as Benjamin – "son(s) of the South," i.e., southerners, and it is preferable to render the logogram for "sons" as West Semitic bini-yamina a form conveniently homophonic with the Hebrew Binyamin
>Indeed may prove supportive of the actual Sumerian roots of the Hebrews (as depicted allegorically in the book of Genesis). Amar Annus writes in the work cited, p.11-12;
>“The name of the land and the deity of the Shasu/Sutean groups locates them in southern Jordan in the 14-13th centuries Bce
>It is a matter of some interest that scholars such as Amar Annus believe the ‘sons of Seth’ in the lineage of mankind opposite to the line of Cain were derived from these Mesopotamian (and Egyptian) mythologies based around the Suteans/Seth/Sheth/Set, whereby he argues the Hebrews may have originated from these nomadic Semitic tribes, circa 1800Bce. It is possible therefore that some highly significant associations of meaning were consciously contained or introduced within the links between the two lineages of Seth and Cain, as we will consider shortly. So the metaphor of the South for regions of wilderness, for mines, for the Abzu, the subterranean reservoirs of water which enable life, and for Chaos, (to be found within the individual also), is thus found throughout both Mesopotamian and Hebrew civilizations’ works, including the Bible. The possible development of the transference of ‘South’-related symbolism from Mesopotamian to Hebrew works is theorised to contain more than simple cultural meanings
>At Mari, where Yahweh was known in theophoric names, these names occur often with (other) the ophoric (god-bearing) components; e.g., Jacob and Ishmael – i.e., haqba-hammu/-ahim/ etc. and Yasmaḥ-El/-Adad/-Baʿal/ etc. The names of the Israelite tribes of Levi and Benjamin also seem to have their parallels. hus, the tribal designation at Mari, DUMU.MEŠ-yamin(a), "Yaminites," bears the same connotation as Benjamin – "son(s) of the South," i.e., southerners, and it is preferable to render the logogram for "sons" as West Semitic bini-yamina a form conveniently homophonic with the Hebrew Binyamin
>Indeed may prove supportive of the actual Sumerian roots of the Hebrews (as depicted allegorically in the book of Genesis). Amar Annus writes in the work cited, p.11-12;
>“The name of the land and the deity of the Shasu/Sutean groups locates them in southern Jordan in the 14-13th centuries Bce
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