[muawiyah]

And, going one step further, Abraham didn't speak a Semitic language ~ he spoke Sumerian.

Which means, of course, that along the way to final liberation in Egypt under Moses, someone translated the original Divinely revealed text!

I notice in reading through those really old stories that rabbinical comments are woven through the text too ~ and these change the meaning.

[curiosity]

Which means, of course, that along the way to final liberation in Egypt under Moses, someone translated the original Divinely revealed text!

More likely it was handed down via oral tradition.

[syriacus]

I neve really thought about what language Abraham spoke. Did Noah speak Sumerian, too?

[syriacus]

I notice in reading through those really old stories

Many years ago, my brother, who had been teaching his little children about the Epic of Gilgamesh, built a "sand castle" version of Uruk on the beach in front of a cabin my parents had rented for all of us.

Wish I could remember more of what he taught us. I started reading a copy of the Epic on my own, but I'm more of a non-fiction fan.