I've been a preacher for more than 30
years. I've studied and taught through
the book of Genesis many, many times
in churches all around the world
and I've trained pastors in the skills of
interpreting texts
and it's very clear they're not stories
about Gods.
They're stories about the powerful ones in
the bible.
And the sky people, the Anunarchi?
in the Sumerian tablets
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[narrator] In 1896 eminent scholar
Nathaniel Schmidt
was fired from his position
as Professor of Semitic languages
at Colgate University
For eleven years, this American University
had enjoyed Nathaniel Schmidt rendition ?
and Semitic Languages
He delivered numerous courses in Hebrew,
Aramaic, ? , Arabic , Syriac
and other ancient languages besides
In fact, Nathaniel Schmidt was one of
America's leading scholars in the field
So why, after eleven years
of outstanding achievement
was he tried for heresy,
and fired from ? in 1896?
Vowed about Christian and a baptist pastor
The authorities considered that his recent
theological papers had stroke at the
very roots of two world religions,
Christianity and Judaism