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  1. Artemis of Ephesus CA 1202 Sully 1st floor room 37 showcase 1 (3) The goddess’s body is sheathed in a narrow tunic, decorated with rows of superimposed breasts or bulls’ testicles, symbols of fertility. She is wearing a high calathos on her head. AR19 A close relationship has been established with the ‘ Great Artemis of the Ephesians ‘ (Acts 19:28) and the major goddesses of other peoples. Unlike the virginal Greek Artemis, she was an opulent goddess of fertility and one of the mother-goddess figures. Artemis of Ephesus and mother-goddess figures. A famous statue shows her with a black face, hands and feet. The imposing temple that is dedicated to her is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the word. Significant trade was built up around her cult. AR13 “Great is Ar´te·mis of the E·phe´sians!” Acts 19:28 Close analogies exist between her and Cybele, the Phrygian goddess, as well as other female representations of divine power in the countries of Asia (Ma of Cappadocia, Astarte of Phoenicia, and Atargatis and Myletta of Syria). It could be said that all these divinities are merely variations of one and the same religious concept. AR14 She was represented with all the attributes of the Mother of the Gods and accordingly she wore a crown of towers, reminiscent of the Tower of Babel. AR15 Ephesus was the crucible where the pagan cult of the mother-goddess was Christianised and transformed into the fervent worship of Mary, who became “Mother of God”. AR16, AR17 It was to the Christians of Ephesus that Paul the Apostle announced such a change of direction. - Acts 20:17-30, 2 Thessalonians 2:3, note. Theatre of Ephesus > In 431 AD, the third ecumenical council held in this city gave Mary the title of 'Theotokos’, a Greek word meaning ‘God-bearer’. The use of this title by the Church was a determining factor in the development of the Doctrine of Mary. The prototype of Feast of the Assumption processions could be seen in those made in honour of Cybele and Artemis. AR18
  2. Artémis à la biche, dite « Diane de Versailles » MR 152 Sully salle 17 Déesse de la chasse chez les Grecs, appelée Diane par les Romains, Artémis est souvent représentée munie d’un arc et accompagnée d’une biche. Son aspect de déesse lunaire est parfois évoqué par la lune et les étoiles entourant sa tête. Elle porte ici une tunique retroussée jusqu’au genoux afin de faciliter sa course. Cette statue, placée au centre de la salle construite pour Henri II, est une allusion romantique à la maîtresse du roi, Diane de Poitiers. Artémis à la biche, dite « Diane de Versailles » L’Artémis d’Ephèse ne saurait que de loin lui être assimilée (Actes 19:28). A l’opposé de l’Artémis grecque, virginale, elle est une opulente déesse de la Fécondité et l’une des figures des déesses-mères. Une statue renommée la représente avec le visage, les mains et les pieds noirs. L’imposant temple qui lui était dédié est considéré comme l’une des Sept Merveilles du monde. Ce temple était sacré dans tout le bassin méditerranéen et, comme on confiait d’énormes sommes d’argent à la garde d’Artémis, il est devenu aussi le centre bancaire le plus important d’Asie. Un commerce important s’établit autour de son culte. AR13 L’Artémis d’Ephèse, une des figures des déesses-mères Le temple d'Ephèse d'Artémis était dédicacé à la déesse de la chasse. Seules les fondations et une colonne restent de ce temple qui autrefois faisait 130 m (425 pieds) de long, 65m (220 pieds) de large et 18m (60 pieds) de haut. Il contenait plus de 100 colonnes de marbre de quelque 17 mètres de haut et de 2 mètres de diamètre à la base. Le ministère efficace de Paul dans cette ville fut considéré comme une menace pour ce temple (Actes 19:27). Ruines du temple d'Artémis www.BibléLieux.com On a établi un rapport étroit avec ‘ la grande Artémis des Ephésiens ’ (Actes 19:28) et les grandes déesses d’autres peuples. Elle présente d’étroites analogies avec Cybèle la déesse phrygienne et d’autres représentations féminines de la puissance divine dans les pays d’Asie (Ma de Cappadoce, Astarté de Phénicie, Atargatis (Br 4480) et Myletta de Syrie) et l’on peut penser que toutes ces divinités ne sont que des variantes AR14 d’un seul et même concept religieux. Artémis d’Ephèse CA 1202 Sully 1er étage salle 37 vitrine 1 (3) Le corps de la déesse est ici gainé dans une étroite tunique, ornée de rangées de seins superposés ou de testicules de taureaux, symboles de fécondité. Elle est coiffée d’un haut calathos. AR19 On la représentait avec tous les attributs de la Mère des dieux et comme telle elle portait une couronne de tours, ce qui rappelle la tour de Babel. AR15 Artémis d’Ephèse " Grande est l'Artémis des Ephésiens! " Actes 19:28 Ephèse fut le creuset où le culte païen de la déesse-mère fut christianisé et transformé en dévotion fervente vouée à Marie faite « Mère de Dieu » AR16, AR17. C’est aux chrétiens d’Ephèse que l’apôtre Paul avait annoncé une telle dérive (Actes 20:17-30, 2 Thessaloniciens 2:3, note). En 431 le troisième concile œcuménique tenu dans cette ville proclama Marie ‘ Théotokos ’ mot grec qui signifie ‘ qui enfante Dieu ’. L’emploi de ce titre par l’Eglise fut déterminant dans le développement de la doctrine mariale. AR110 Les processions de l’Assomption pourraient trouver leur prototype dans celle faite en l’honneur de Cybèle et d’Artémis. AR18
  3. AO 19939 Richelieu salle 6 vitrine 4 Connu pour ses déportations massives de populations, (on trouve sur ce texte le récit des expéditions contre l’Elam, Tyr et l’Egypte), Assurbanipal l’est encore plus pour son goût de la littérature, fait unique chez les redoutables monarques assyriens. Les fouilles entreprises en 1845 ont mis au jour l’immense bibliothèque qu’il constitua à Ninive et qui comptait quelque 22 000 textes et tablettes d’argile. C’est de là qu’on a extrait les récits assyriens de la création et du déluge. Prisme F du roi Assurbanipal La prise de Suse? capitale de l’Elam est évoquée sur ce prisme. Cet événement permet d’identifier ce roi au « grand et honorable Asnappar » d’ Esdras 4:10. Ce nom, qui figure dans une partie du livre rédigée en araméen, est vraisemblablement une forme abrégée du nom du roi d’Assyrie, avec pour lettre finale un r à la place du l, l’araméen comme le perse n’ayant pas de lettre l. A2124 Assurbanipal est cité dans la Bible en Esdras 4 Voir aussi : Mort de Sardanapale RF 2346 Eugène DELACROIX Salon de 1827 H. : 3,92 m. ; L. : 4,96 m Denon 1er étage Mollien salle 77 Dessous, esquisse du tableau (RF 2488) non visible Fort du succès du scandale provoqué au Salon précédent par les Massacres de Scio, Delacroix récidive avec cette toile grandiose, libre traduction en peinture d'un poème de Byron, et qui apparut comme l'une des plus éclatantes manifestations du Romantisme. Sardanapale ou Assourbanipal, assiégé, couché sur un lit au sommet d'un immense bûcher, donne l'ordre d'égorger ses femmes, ses pages, ses chevaux. Aucun des objets qui avaient servi à ses plaisirs ne devaient lui survivre. Assourbanipal était le fils d’Ésar-Haddôn (Esdras 4:2) et le petit-fils de Sennachérib. Il fut contemporain de Manassé roi de Juda. Sous son règne, l’Empire assyrien connut son apogée. Apparemment désigné prince héritier trois ou quatre ans à l’avance, Assourbanipal monta sur le trône d’Assyrie à la mort de son père, tandis que Shamash-Shoum-Oukin, son frère, régnait à Babylone.
  4. AO 19939 Richelieu room 6 showcase 4 Known for his massive deportations of populations (we find in this text an account of expeditions against Elam, Tyre and Egypt), Ashurbanipal was even more renowned for his taste for literature. Excavations unearthed an immense library that he formed in Nineveh and which included some 22,000 texts and clay tablets. King Ashurbanipal is mentioned in the Bible The capture of Susa, capital of Elam, is referred to in this prism. This event enabled this king to be identified with the ‘ great and honorable As´e·nap·par ’ of Ezra 4:10. This name, which features in a part of the book written in Aramaic, is clearly a shortened form of the name of the King of Assyria, with an ‘r’ at the end instead of an ‘l’, Aramaic like Persian not having the letter ‘l’.
  5. AO 9647 Richelieu salle 5 vitrine 3 Non visible actuellement L’amulette de Yozgat, avec sa haute tiare conique, représente une divinité hittite. Il s’agit peut-être de Teshub, dieu de l’orage. Cette figurine en or coulé manifeste sa parenté avec les statuettes syriennes des divinités de l’orage. Malgré sa petite taille, elle est caractéristique de l’art impérial hittite. A214 Abraham eut affaire à ces descendants de Heth (Genèse 10:6,15) qui résidaient déjà en Canaan bien avant son arrivée. Les femmes hittites d’Esaü furent une « source d’amertume d’esprit pour Isaac et Rébecca » (Genèse 26:34). C’est l’une des sept nations cananéennes nommées qui devaient être vouées à la destruction du fait de leur corruption (Lévitique 18:1-30). Ce peuple avait encore des rois et une force armée à l’époque de Joram (env 905 av. n.è.). - 2 Rois 7:6 Les Hittites et la Bible On a essayé de trouver dans l’histoire profane une trace des Hittites dont parle la Bible. Le problème est complexe. Et l’approche linguistique qui vise à les identifier à l’Empire hittite qui avait pour capitale Hattousa en Anatolie est incertaine et relève de la conjecture. Reste que les Hittites ont bien existé et que jusqu’au début du 19è siècle seule la Bible en faisait mention. A215
  6. AO 9647 Richelieu room 5 showcase 3 Not currently on display The Yozgat amulet, with its tall conical tiara, shows a Hittite god – possibly Teshub the storm god. The relationship between this cast gold figurine and Syrian storm god statuettes is clear. Despite its small size, it is characteristic of imperial Hittite art. A214A214 Abraham had dealings with these descendants of Heth (Genesis 10:6, 15) who were already living in Canaan well before his arrival. The Hittite wives of Esau were a “source of bitterness of spirit to Isaac and Rebekah” . - Genesis 26:34 This was one of the seven named Canaanite nations which were destined to be destroyed due to their corruption (Leviticus 18:1-30). Its people still had kings and an army at the time of Joram (around 905 BCE). - 2 Kings 7:6 The Hittites and the Bible Attempts have been made to find a trace in secular history of the Hittites the Bible speaks of. The problem is complex. And the linguistic approach which aims to identify them with the Hittite Empire that had Hattusa in Anatolia as its capital is uncertain and speculative. Still, there is no doubt that the Hittites did indeed exist and that, up until the early 19th Century, the Bible was the only place they were mentioned. A215
  7. Oops... I was the one who voted it up... and I just voted it down.

    What do you think a good solution for that problem might be? I could ask the admin to make that "question' section a normal forum.....but then we wouldn't have the option of the "best answer" either....

    Any ideas?

    1. JW Insider

      JW Insider

      Thanks.

      The "best answer" feature works in forums where 10+ different people answer a question that requires some expertise, and the one with the most expertise can bubble up. I think that questions here are often intended to start a dialogue, and the best ones go one for several pages. No one is really looking for the single most "expert" sounding answer, they are usually looking to see how the idea was responded to by some and whether the answers, in total, produced a reasonable discussion. Taking any one answer out of the sequence makes it difficult to follow the conversation or dialogue.

      There are a few exceptions, but these tend to be questions with fewer answers anyway, and therefore the best answer is already somewhere on the same page as the question.

      So I don't know exactly what to suggest, except maybe to default to "Sort by date" and then have a message that might say: "Sort by votes to find best answers." Even that option might only be available when there have been some votes.

      But that's the complicated way to do it. For 95% of the topics, just defaulting to "sort by date" would be sufficient. In the topics I've read it is almost never used. I'm almost afraid that when people start using it more often it can be abused, too. I think it would usually be used as a way to highlight most interesting, most intriguing, most important, or "most agreeable to voter's way of thinking." Most of the posts that people would vote on are, in my experience, not even intended to answer the original question, but just to share some additional information.

       

    2. admin

      admin

      Insightful. Thank you both! @The Librarian and @JW Insider

      I changed it to a "normal" forum .... let me know if it works better for you or not.

    3. JW Insider
  8. David H. Splane was born in 1944, became a full time minister of Jehovah's Witnesses in September 1963. After graduating from the 42nd class of Gilead, the missionary school, he was assigned to Senegal, Africa, then was a traveling Circuit Overseer 19 years in Canada. He wowed the brothers by speaking without notes, talking in an intense voice, while looking everyone in the eye. He received his calling at the time everyone who was being called were being told by their elders that it was very unlikely God would pick some ordinary person to replace an unfaithful king/priest. He started to partake as one of the anointed when he was 17 years old. (citation needed) His wife is named Linda J. Splane. They have been at Bethel world headquarters in Brooklyn since 1990 where he has worked in the Service Department and since 1998 helped the Writing Committee of the Writing Department. He is said to speak French and Spanish. He flew to Spain to speak about the closing of the branch there. He has often given an anti-higher education talk called "Four Figurative Giants" in which he claims that learning plumbing is better than learning computer science! He plays the piano and sings very well. He told us at a gathering, "I served as the liaison between the Governing Body and the music department at Bethel, for the production of the new song book."
  9. Our Christian Life Meeting 12 January 2017 Jehovah’s Witnesses Via
  10. Paper Books (You Can’t Hack a Paperback - Protect History) Via
  11. When you get some time.... add yourself to a city somewhere in Greece on our "Member Map" ;-)

    You will start to see and international network forming. Enjoy!

    Agape!

    1. ARchiv@L

      ARchiv@L

      I must see how this "map" works first. 

      ok

      greetings

      ok -

      done 9_9

       

      oh...., now the Librarian knows, o.O
      why I can read greek letters !
      http://www.theworldnewsmedia.org/topic/28529-gods-name-appears-on-old-papyrus-jan-broadcasting/?do=findComment&comment=36810

    2. ARchiv@L

      ARchiv@L

      I need the sub/ "bible highlights/spiritual gems" for the english/american WEEKLY materials .... 

      to add some notes for everyone.B|

      if I need for any other language I will inform you 

      (perhaps I will add more later);)

      thank you for your pages

    3. ARchiv@L

      ARchiv@L

      no problem ... I can add them every week under each post ... thanks

  12. @ARchiv@L Thanks for the links. Sadly though they will stop working over time. Sorry.
  13. Detail from the “House of Eternity” of the Royal Prince Khaemwaset, son of King Ramses III, QV44, west ‘Uaset’-Thebes: the God Shu (wearing the feather) and King Ramses III (wearing the Red Crown with three uraei) Via
  14. Detail from the “House of Eternity” of the Royal Prince Khaemwaset, son of King Ramses III, QV44, west ‘Uaset’-Thebes: the God Shu (“Shu son of Ra”, as written on the row of hieroglyphs on the top right) wearing the feather and raising His right hand in blessing Via
  15. Stand Still and See the Salvation of Jehovah Jehovah’s Witnesses Public Talk Recording Via
  16. @Kurt No photos showing. ;-( They need to be uploaded individually sadly.
  17. Heading out in the field ministry on the Amazon river without lifejackets! I guess the piranhas are more of a risk.... OUCH! Umari, Amazonas, Brazil.
  18. Press operator at the Canada Branch Office of Jehovah’s WItnesses Via
  19. Congregación de Mapudungún de Peñalolen, Región Metropolitana, Chile. Via
  20. Temporary Kingdom Hall in use at Jerusalem, Haiti 120 in attendance with 50 publishers Via
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