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To: PatrickHenry; All
I've been following the astronomy leads on the big list of links you provided and found something that might help with your question concerning language in 3300 B.C.

Understanding Planets in Ancient Mesopotamia

At the time of Enoch the language might have been Sumerian, in which case there is quite a bit of information available. However, due to their beliefs the sun, moon, stars and planets were personified with the names of dieties - and thus would be the polar opposite of the Enochian text that has the spiritual beings (angels etc.) separate from the "heavenly" entities, e.g. sun, moon, star.

74 posted on 08/28/2003 11:09:19 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
At the time of Enoch the language might have been Sumerian ...

That link doesn't work for me. Sumerian is a possibility for Noah's family, but we're awfully close to wildly guessing here. The Sumerians were the ones who pretty much invented astrology as we know it. And Abraham came from there (from Ur, the second city after Sumer in Mesopotamia). As you say, Enoch seems to be nothing like that school of thought. His astronomy (if it's an original part of the book) strikes me as Greek.

76 posted on 08/28/2003 11:46:58 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (Hic amor, haec patria est.)
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To: Alamo-Girl
placemarker bump, very interesting thread. :)
91 posted on 08/28/2003 5:56:33 PM PDT by agrace
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To: Alamo-Girl
Understanding Planets in Ancient Mesopotamia ~ folklore
http://haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/vol16/planets.pdf
140 posted on 09/06/2003 2:30:24 PM PDT by restornu (Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.)
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