tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post7899309927273028460..comments2024-02-04T03:57:19.271+01:00Comments on Zenobia: Empress of the East: Questions On the Queen of Sheba's GoldJudith Weingartenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-24438251040864409142012-05-18T11:20:56.546+02:002012-05-18T11:20:56.546+02:00There is a different explanation.
Solomon was sai...There is a different explanation.<br /><br />Solomon was said to have married Pharaoh's daughter, and the Queen of Sheba was said to be the Queen of the South. Meanwhile the Kebra Negast says that the kingdom of the Queen of Sheba ended on the Dead Sea.<br /><br />Quite obviously, the Queen of Sheba was the Egyptian princess who married King Solomon. Sheba simply means 'star' in Egyptian - and so this princess was being called the Queen of Heaven, or Isis. And she was venerated ever after in Israel, as the Book of Jeremiah states.<br /><br />So what was this massive treasure that she brought? was it a dowry? <br /><br />Possibly, but it is also entirely possible that King Solomon was threatening Sheba, as the Kebra Negast says. And at this same time, the tombs of the kings in the Valley of the Kings were being looted. There is a great deal of evidence that says this was state-sponsored looting, to pay tribute to the northern king who was threatening Thebes. <br /><br />That king was Solomon, and so King Solomon's Mines that provided so much gold, were actually the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. <br /><br />See 'Solomon, Falcon of Sheba'.<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-17601409865276212722012-04-03T09:31:25.149+02:002012-04-03T09:31:25.149+02:00Thanks Joe, that does explain the riddle. It's...Thanks Joe, that does explain the riddle. It's still amazing that that the riddlers imagined these tales were known as far and wide as the land of Sheba :-)Judith Weingartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-63775954078363013802012-04-03T06:34:45.365+02:002012-04-03T06:34:45.365+02:00Question: A foreign mother of native sons, a murde...<i>Question: A foreign mother of native sons, a murderess who brought up lawless men; the theft prospered, and in cunning bore as fruit a king.</i><br /><br />Tamar was not from Abraham's family, but her twin sons by Judah were "native". She was a murderess in that her husbands died because of her beauty; and a thief because she secretly arranged to get pregnant by Judah, thereby stealing his semen or perhaps stealing family progeny to become a levirate wife. Her son Zerach stuck stuck his hand out of her womb first, but his brother Peretz "broke out" before he did; hence he was lawless. And the theft prospered, because Peretz was the ancestor of King David and hence Solomon himself.Joe in Australianoreply@blogger.com