Abraham Terah and the idols
Uploaded by clgz on Apr 26, 2008
Abraham, Terah and the idols
The historical figure of Abraham
Assuming that the father of the three current monotheist religions did really exist, he should have lived, according to the first historians having studied that issue, in the 20th century BC, date that other historians will descend finally to 18th century BC.
And because Abraham, according to the Bible, was 175 years before dying (which is finally few compared to the 900 years and more that lived, for example, Noah) we are likely at the end of the 18th century BC when Abraham leaves respectively Ur and Harran for Egypt with Sara, period coinciding with the invasion of the Delta of the Nile river by the Kings Pasteurs originating from Asian (their name was, in egyptian, heka shasou, or heka khasout - namely «the kings from foreign countries » - better known as Hyksos).
As for the episode in which Abraham, after having returned from Egypt to Canaan, raises an army so that to release his nephew (his name is Loth, a Loth who is, in this episode, the brother of Abraham), its learn us that Loth has been kidnapped by Kador Laomer (alias : «the Servitor of Elam») and by the other kings who accompany him.
This Kador Laomer is probably the other name of Kudur Mabuuk (himself having been living in the 19th century BC, and himself having settle down into the city of Larsa, in Sumer, after haivng remained in the Iamutbal (area locating between the chain of the Zagros moutains and the Tiger river.
And assuming Kador Laomer was an other historical figure, that figure was probably Kudur Lagamar.
Lagamar being a goddess of the elamite pantheon, we can assume Kudur Lagamar was, as king, his servant.
According to James Bell
(cf. http://www.jameswbell.com/geog0050lnames.html)
the goddess Lagamal (written also Lagamar) was a goddess of the hells who, with her conterpart Ishnikarab, welcomed and judged the dead on their arrival into the realm of dead.
On the same topic, Sayce writes, according to the site mentioned below :
[url]http://www.case.edu/univlib/preserve/Etana/hib bert_lectures_1887/L4p4.pdf[/url]
Perhaps Mul-me-sarra [the sun of noon day or] is also the deity who is addressed in another hymn have “ the warrior-god (Erimmu), the bright one, the sword (now lightning) of Istar, ”and of whom it is said: “ May he give thee rest with kindly...