Category: ANCIENT WORLD

What does the serpent represent in the Bible?

March 1, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala

Serpents of the Caduceus are the Ganglia The two snakes in the Caduceus are the two ganglion and the staff is the spinal cord as depicted in the Hindu version of the nervous system. The poisonous snake has become a symbol of good health because the psychic cleansing of the nervous system begets good health….

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Which country is Garden of Eden located?

March 1, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala No Comments

The location of the Garden of Eden is often suggested at Lake Van in Turkey or at Qurnah in Iraq. In this post we match the geographical descriptions of the Garden of Eden given in the Bible with the geography of Turkey, Iraq and India….

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Jew and Yadav connection

March 1, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala No Comments

The origins of the Jews before the Exodus has been shrouded in mystery. The consensus is that the modern humans evolved in Africa around 160,000 years ago. Professor Stephen Oppenheimer of Oxford University has provided some details of the migration of humans from Africa to Asia. He concurs that the modern humans evolved around 160,000…

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Common Origins of Christians, Muslims and Hindus?

February 23, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala No Comments

I have recently given lectures at Lucknow University, Awadh University and Benares Hindu University. Based on the responses.I am making this post to explain my basic hypothesis.I am making this post to explain my basic hypothesis….

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Wherefrom the similarity between Hindu Indra and Biblical Cain?

February 21, 2024August 22, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala

A paper has been published recently in the Journal of Indo-Judaic Studies of which Professor Emeritus of Florida International University Nathan Katz is the editor. In this paper an attempt has been made to show the parallels between five persons of the Biblical tradition with five persons of the Hindu tradition. Among these five, one…

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Similarity of Moses and Krishna?

February 21, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala No Comments

The Bible says that the King of Mitsrayim had ordered the midwives to kill all the male children born among the Hebrews. Moses’s mother hid him for three months after giving birth. Then, unable to hide him, she put infant Moses in a basket and put the basket in the river….

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Similarity between names of the Biblical and Hindu tradition

February 20, 2024August 22, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala No Comments

We have been suggesting that five persons of the Biblical tradition have parallels in five persons of the Hindu Tradition. We should then expect that some similarity in their names may also be found. In this post we will review the names of twenty two persons in the two traditions. We have published a paper…

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Both Abraham and Rama did not worship idols in human form?

January 26, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala No Comments

One Abraham broke a number of idols to pieces but left the largest of them intact. The people asked him whether he had broken them. Abraham replied: “Nay, this was done by this the biggest one! Ask them, if they can talk” (Quran 21:58-63)….

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What is the motivation behind the five Common Prophets theory?

January 26, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala No Comments

The whole Universe in pervaded by One God (Paramatma). The Isavasya Upanishad says: “”THAT is infinite, THIS is infinite; From That, This comes. This added or removed from THAT, the Infinite remains as Infinite. Om, peace, peace, peace….

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Were Abraham and Rama the same person?

January 26, 2024August 26, 2024 Bharat Jhunjhunwala No Comments

Separation of Abraham and Lot Separation of Rama and Lakshmana After his return to Ai, Abraham and Lot had a conflict. Their herdsmen fought with each other and they decided to separate. Lot went to live at Sodom while Abraham went to live at Hebron. Similarly, Rama was engaged some secrete consultation with a Sage…

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