The book of Exodus opens in words: "And Those are the names of the sons of Israel who are coming to Egypt."
What is the concept of "Isreal" and what is the idea of "Egypt," who are the sons of Israel, and why do they need to have names when they are coming to Egypt?
Following up from our recent article today we dived a bit deeper into the ancient Hebrew conceptualization of the Egyptian "storage cities" of Pythom and Rameses, and the idea of communication and creation beneath it.
Why is the bible full of strange genealogies that describe who descended from whom? To what end are these connections recorded? Are there perhaps deeper connections?
In today's conversation we talked about language from a Hebrew point of view, what was the situation before the mythological breaking point of The Tower Of Babylon, and what was the situation after.
What does it mean to be in exile, not just geographically, but psychologically? In today's talk we briefly went through the so-called "5 Exiles" of Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome, and how they refer to certain qualities within us.