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The most intriguing factor is not that this influential line was recorded from early times, but that it was designated “prestigious” in the first place some 6,000 years ago, long before the Israelites wrote up the story. (p. 27) Sacked Jerusalem and Judah and captured the Israelites, destroying the Temple of Solomon. It was in Babylon about 600 B.C. that the first books of the Old Testament were compiled. But even as late as the time of Jesus there was no complete book in circulation or existence. (See p. 28) The first set of amalgamated books to be generally approved as the Hebrew Bible appeared after the fall of Jerusalem to the Roman general Titus in AD 70, and it was compiled in an endeavor to restore faith in Judaism at a time of social turmoil. (p. 28) Eridu While the Babylonian Enuma Elish pre-dates the Genesis account by more than 1,000 years, it was itself based on far more ancient records, and the earliest Sumerian Creation story discovered to date is more than a 1000 years older than the Enuma Elish. (p. 75) Tiamat Sumeria This translation is inaccurate. The real translation is ‘“’hose who came down” or “those who descended.” (See p. 42) If the angels were not giants, and if they were not...(sons of the gods and goddesses), then what are they? ...the first thing to consider is that there is nothing spiritual or ethereal about the word ‘angel.’ In its Greek form, the definition aggelos...was translated from the original Hebrew mal’ath, which meant no more than ‘messenger.’ (p. 47) What actually transpired was that the original Mesopotamian writings were recorded as history. This history was later rewritten to form a base for foreign religious cults—first Judaism and then Christianity. 213 Appendix B: Book Abstracts Line of Abraham “Prestigious” Nebuchadnezzar Il First compilation The most important and sacred of the Sumerian cities. The seat of the kings before the Flood. Enuma Elish The original Genesis story. The Hebrews became exposed to it during their “captivity” in Babylon. Tiamat means the “deep.” The Sumerians were not called after the region—the region gets its name from the race. Nephilim, not Giants! Angels, not Divine! Mythology and Fact Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation