"Brit-Am Now"-730
1. Mahomed in the Bible
2. Dolmens in Israel
3. Joining Brit-Am
1. Mahomed in the Bible
Robert Graves wrote:
Yair,
Reference the post by Thomas Malloy (Brit-AM 728) relative to finding the name(?) "Mahmad" in the Hebrew text.
When I read that post today I immediately went to my JPS Hebrew/English Tanakh for verification. I read the entire Book of Hosea slowly and carefully paying especially close attention to Chapter 9 wherein his post indicated that "Mahmad" might be found.
Honestly, I read no text in English, including footnotes, that alluded to any problems between Ephraim and the Islamics per se. There were, of course, references to Assyria and Egypt as vessels of judgment YHVH would use to punish the rebellious house of Israel but no specific reference to "Mahmad" which, if there were such a pointed reference, might possibly be a link to the progenitor of Islam.
Do you have any clarifyiing thoughts on this subject?
May YHVH bless you and yours.
Robert H. Graves
Fort Worth, TX USA
Answer:
Shalom,
Sorry I did not answer sooner but we had computer trouble.
The note by Thomas Malloy was in reply to our article:
"Brit-Am Now"-726
#1. The Brit-Am (ca. 1995) warning against Islam and possible terror and disaster
In Hebrew "Machmad" means "pleasant" or "desirable".
In Arabic "Machmad" is another very popular form of the name "Mahomed"
in addition to which the Hebrew word "Machmad" is spelled in a way
that in Hebrew can also be read to say "Mahomed".
The Hebrew Bible can be read to have several intentions at one and the same time
in the same passage.
In Hosea chapter nine the word "Machmad" (Mahomed) occurs twice.
Hosea 9:6 and 9:16.
[Hosea 9:6] FOR, LO, THEY ARE GONE BECAUSE OF DESTRUCTION: EGYPT SHALL GATHER THEM UP, MEMPHIS SHALL BURY THEM: THE PLEASANT PLACES [Machmad] FOR THEIR SILVER, NETTLES SHALL POSSESS THEM: THORNS SHALL BE IN THEIR TABERNACLES.
Here the Hebrew word translated as "THE PLEASANT PLACES" is Machmad in Hebrew.
The following verse says:
[Hosea 9:7] THE DAYS OF VISITATION ARE COME, THE DAYS OF RECOMPENCE ARE COME; ISRAEL SHALL KNOW IT: THE PROPHET IS A FOOL, THE SPIRITUAL MAN IS MAD, FOR THE MULTITUDE OF THINE INIQUITY, AND THE GREAT HATRED.
i.e.
"The days of visitation have arrived, the days of payment
have come, Israel shall know, the prophet is evil, mad*l [Hebrew:
"Meshuga"] a man of spirit because of your transgression and of great
hatred (9;7).
"The mad prophet" in this verse according to Maimonides 1135-1204 (in "Letter To Yeman") referred to Mohamed.
In addition,
[Hosea 9:16] EPHRAIM IS SMITTEN, THEIR ROOT IS DRIED UP, THEY SHALL BEAR NO FRUIT: YEA, THOUGH THEY BRING FORTH, YET WILL I SLAY EVEN THE BELOVED [Hebrew "machmad"] FRUIT OF THEIR WOMB.
Here too, "Machmad" is mentioned.
This whole section may be read as speaking of an attempt by Ephraim to reach a rapport with Islam
and facing disasters because of it.
I hope this is not true, that it will not come to pass. It does not have to.
Nevertheless we should take this as a warning.
We are preparing an article explaining Hosea chapter nine at greater depth.
It should be ready soon.
God bless you
Yair Davidiy
2. Dolmens in Israel
(a) Galilee
http://www.rhodes.aegean.gr/maa_journal/Issues/current%20issue/STEPANSKY.pdf
Nice silhouette of Dolmen in Israel
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Middle_East/Israel/Off_the_Beaten_Path-Israel-BR-1.html
(b) Golan
http://www.bibleplaces.com/golanheights.htm
Some Nice pictures
Astronomy and the Megaliths
Star Watching in Ancient Israel
<http://archaeology.about.com/od/archaeoastronomy/a/rujmelhiri.htm>http://archaeology.about.com/od/archaeoastronomy/a/rujmelhiri.htm
The Geometry and Astronomy of Rujm al-Hiri
http://www.stady.tau.ac.il/aveni-mizrachi-final.pdf
3. Joining Brit-Am
M wrote:
I would like to join Brit-Am.
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