tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post1495287942515881808..comments2024-03-24T11:03:03.106-07:00Comments on Just Genesis : Christianity and Messianic ExpectationAlice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-81436586143352610642013-09-07T18:36:22.090-07:002013-09-07T18:36:22.090-07:00Ur means fire in Hebrew and Hebrew is an African l...Ur means fire in Hebrew and Hebrew is an African language. Rabbi Jonathan Ben Uziel confused the Babylonian word Ur, which means city, with the Hebrew word for fire - Ur. Instead of saying that God delivered Abraham out of Ur, the city of the Chaldeans, Rabbi Uziel's translation said that God delivered Abraham out of "the fire of the Chaldeans." Jewish writers ran with this and soon the Talmud contained all kinds of stories of Abraham being thrown into the fire by the Chaldeans and being miraculously rescued by God. <br /><br />A priest and a presbyter are not the same thing. http://jandyongenesis.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-is-presbyter.html<br />Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-43104769831302477432013-09-07T14:19:18.285-07:002013-09-07T14:19:18.285-07:00You wrote that Ur is fire in some African language...You wrote that Ur is fire in some African languages, can you specify a few? <br /><br />Congo Bambuti - fire: apa<br /><br />My conjecture: "presbyterian" is from priest + bahitr (bitter/phyre), from ancient ritual lamp lighting, and this is related to Hebrew rabbi.<br /><br /> <br /> DDedenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033851770461086341noreply@blogger.com