One fascinating piece of information popped up when I was writing my second book. Ancient cart ruts are embedded in the ground along the Apsheron Peninsula, which juts out into the Caspian Sea, east of Baku, Azerbaijan's capital city. The ancient cart ruts may be over 7,000 years old, and they run from land directly into the sea, in the direction of where Tuball was to be. One thought is that the tracks could have been used to transport goods to a sea port. However, there is a legend in Azerbaijan that these ruts were a road to a now submerged city.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Was there really a city of Tuball?
Many readers have asked if there really was a city where Tuball was located. I actually wanted a location that was plausable, but not verifiable, to keep things intriguing. I settled on a shallow underwater ridge in the Caspian Sea. Plausable, because the Caspian Sea's water level has been known to fluctuate extensively (maybe even low enough for a city to be built), and non verifiable because the location of the city today would be underwater today.
One fascinating piece of information popped up when I was writing my second book. Ancient cart ruts are embedded in the ground along the Apsheron Peninsula, which juts out into the Caspian Sea, east of Baku, Azerbaijan's capital city. The ancient cart ruts may be over 7,000 years old, and they run from land directly into the sea, in the direction of where Tuball was to be. One thought is that the tracks could have been used to transport goods to a sea port. However, there is a legend in Azerbaijan that these ruts were a road to a now submerged city.
One fascinating piece of information popped up when I was writing my second book. Ancient cart ruts are embedded in the ground along the Apsheron Peninsula, which juts out into the Caspian Sea, east of Baku, Azerbaijan's capital city. The ancient cart ruts may be over 7,000 years old, and they run from land directly into the sea, in the direction of where Tuball was to be. One thought is that the tracks could have been used to transport goods to a sea port. However, there is a legend in Azerbaijan that these ruts were a road to a now submerged city.
Who is the oldest brother, Japheth, Shem, or Ham?
According to the Bible, when Noah was 500, he had 3 sons: Shem, Japheth, and Ham (Gen 5:32). Noah was 600 at the time of the flood. So one of the boys was 100 at the time of the flood. Which one?
A) Shem was 100, two years after the flood (Gen11:10), so that would make him 98 at the time of the flood, and concluding that he was not the eldest.
B) In Gen 9:24 Noah cursed the descendants of his youngest son Ham.
Therefore: With Ham the youngest (age unknown), and Shem not the eldest, Japheth must be the eldest---two yrs older than Shem.
Gen 10:21 Indicates that Japheth is older in the NIV & KJV, but Shem is older in NLT & NASB. Therefore this passage is too ambiguous to be used as a reference.
A) Shem was 100, two years after the flood (Gen11:10), so that would make him 98 at the time of the flood, and concluding that he was not the eldest.
B) In Gen 9:24 Noah cursed the descendants of his youngest son Ham.
Therefore: With Ham the youngest (age unknown), and Shem not the eldest, Japheth must be the eldest---two yrs older than Shem.
Gen 10:21 Indicates that Japheth is older in the NIV & KJV, but Shem is older in NLT & NASB. Therefore this passage is too ambiguous to be used as a reference.
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