Nimrod! Is he one of the evil Pharaoh? Gilgamesh? Enmerkar? If you read my previous post I've stated that Nimrod was linked to these big shots. Other names also said to have similarity with Nimrod are Sargon and Apil-Sin. Wow! I wonder if these great people are even happy to be linked with Nimrod, other than his great success building a great empire, tales tells that Nimrod died in a horrible death.
In the Old Testament another name was mentioned, that some scholar thinks is referring to Nimrod, this character was Amraphel. However later on they dismissed that Amraphel was a name of a person as this name was never mentioned in other records outside the Old Testament (Bible). They come to the conclusion that Amraphel (a.k.a. Ammirapaltu) was not a real name but an appellation. Many scholars believed that he was probably Hammurabi. According to the scholars phonetacilly the two names are identical thus believed to be the same person. This is just a theory that is still open for debates and I would like to discuss more in later post.
If you look a the Babylon list of Kings, you will not be able to find Amraphel name, which supports the debates that it's not a real name. Unfortunately, most of the ancient texts have missing parts or illegible writings therefore is not easy to make any further reference on this character. Now including Amraphel there were six names linked with Nimrod. So which one is he? Let's look at the bits of information that we have.
In the Old Testament (Bible), in Genesis (the first part of Torah), etc he was said to be the founder and king to the first empire after the great flood. His reign including the towns of Babel (Babylon), Erech (Uruk), Accad (Akkad), and Calneh in the land of Shinar. In the Quran he was referred as King Namrud, the ruler of Babylon whom later challenged by Abraham (Ibrahim a.s).
Lets look at Apil-Sin profile. Now after reading the record of his achievements I don't see anything that hint any rebellious act unto his GOD. Most of the records tells of what he did during his reign, which he had (his people to) dig canals, restore temples, building city walls/gate, making throne dais made of silver and gold, etc... He even built a throne made of gold for the god Marduk. *one of the records are about he shaved and clean himself... either the decipherer had gone mental translating everything... or this record hold a significant meaning in the Babylonian culture, probably a great holy thing in the past. I wonder what they feel about shower.. *
As stated in the Genesis and Old Testament, Nimrod was the king of a great empire after the great flood. According to the Quran Nimrod was the king of Babylon. However during Apil-Sin reign, he was the 4th king of Babylon that was not yet an empire. So I would dismiss him as the rebellious Nimrod.
What about Sargon? Aaa... I'll tell in the next post if anyone interested to read or if I’m in the mood. Hahaha.. Ciao.
In the Old Testament another name was mentioned, that some scholar thinks is referring to Nimrod, this character was Amraphel. However later on they dismissed that Amraphel was a name of a person as this name was never mentioned in other records outside the Old Testament (Bible). They come to the conclusion that Amraphel (a.k.a. Ammirapaltu) was not a real name but an appellation. Many scholars believed that he was probably Hammurabi. According to the scholars phonetacilly the two names are identical thus believed to be the same person. This is just a theory that is still open for debates and I would like to discuss more in later post.
If you look a the Babylon list of Kings, you will not be able to find Amraphel name, which supports the debates that it's not a real name. Unfortunately, most of the ancient texts have missing parts or illegible writings therefore is not easy to make any further reference on this character. Now including Amraphel there were six names linked with Nimrod. So which one is he? Let's look at the bits of information that we have.
In the Old Testament (Bible), in Genesis (the first part of Torah), etc he was said to be the founder and king to the first empire after the great flood. His reign including the towns of Babel (Babylon), Erech (Uruk), Accad (Akkad), and Calneh in the land of Shinar. In the Quran he was referred as King Namrud, the ruler of Babylon whom later challenged by Abraham (Ibrahim a.s).
Lets look at Apil-Sin profile. Now after reading the record of his achievements I don't see anything that hint any rebellious act unto his GOD. Most of the records tells of what he did during his reign, which he had (his people to) dig canals, restore temples, building city walls/gate, making throne dais made of silver and gold, etc... He even built a throne made of gold for the god Marduk. *one of the records are about he shaved and clean himself... either the decipherer had gone mental translating everything... or this record hold a significant meaning in the Babylonian culture, probably a great holy thing in the past. I wonder what they feel about shower.. *
As stated in the Genesis and Old Testament, Nimrod was the king of a great empire after the great flood. According to the Quran Nimrod was the king of Babylon. However during Apil-Sin reign, he was the 4th king of Babylon that was not yet an empire. So I would dismiss him as the rebellious Nimrod.
What about Sargon? Aaa... I'll tell in the next post if anyone interested to read or if I’m in the mood. Hahaha.. Ciao.
6 comments:
i am interested. keep on doin ur research.
ko saturang jak yang minat kakakaa... bah nanti aku sambung la..
Macam ada ku terbaca dulu orang eropah ndak mandi - jadi perbuatan mandi tu mungkin sesuatu yang bukan lumrah dibuat orang pada masa tu - entahlah susah hendak dibayangkan.
wah yakah?! patutlah sekali apil-sin mandi terus kena rekod dalam batu bersurat hehehehe...
wah wah.. jadi ko tau ka tu yang kes saintis terjumpa bigfoot (mcm manusia tapi bebulu2 dan basaaaaaar saiz) di celahan ais di gunung? apa la tu? bukan suma sudah kena suntik jadi orang kepala itam ka? kekekee.. jan marah gurau jak...
saya lebih tertarik kalo kamu berbagi info dgn lebih detail lagi, misalnya menyertakan tahun kejadian, peta/ilustrasi, atau bukti2 arkeologis dsb, yg dpt lebih 'menghidupkan' cerita.Kadang kala berupa tulisan dapat membosankan.
terima kasih...
salam dari Indonesia
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