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GENESIS through the lens of Anthropology (Founded 21 March 2007)

Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
Thursday, April 10, 2025

The Trees of Prophets

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  Alice C. Linsley In the Old Testament trees are associated with gender, cardinal directions, and with wise counselors known as morehs , pr...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Trees as Boundary Markers

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  Alice C. Linsley Trees served as boundary markers for the ancient Hebrew. According to Scripture, terebinth trees marked the northern and ...
Monday, August 6, 2012

Antarctica Once Had Baobab Trees

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Antarctica was once home to a diverse range of tropical plants including ferns, palms and rainforest trees, say scientists. The researcher...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Theories about the Tree of Life

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Alice C. Linsley Biblical anthropologist Susan Burns has written a fascinating piece on the Hyphaene Thebaica or   Doum Palm...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Trees in Genesis

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Alice C. Linsley Trees are significant in biblical symbolism. A study of trees in Genesis helps us to understand the ancient world o...
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My book "The First Lords of the Earth: An Anthropological Study" is available on Amazon. The book identifies the social structure and religious beliefs of the early Hebrew ruler-priest caste (6000-4000 years ago), their dispersion out of Africa, their territorial expansion, trade routes, and influence on the populations of the Fertile Crescent and Ancient Near East.
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