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jlh1182 4.11.12 - 03:24pm
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Babylon * +

jlh1182 4.11.12 - 03:30pm
http://www.atlastours.net/iraq/babylon.html * The Lion of Babylon, large and splendidly carved in basalt, reminds us again that the lion was the symbol of the goddess Ishtar. (?) * +

jlh1182 4.11.12 - 08:49pm
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11548-nimrod * +

jlh1182 4.11.12 - 08:56pm
Son of Cush and grandson of Ham; his name has become proverbial as that of a mighty hunter. His kingdom comprised Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Sinar, otherwise known as the land of Nimrod (Gen. x. 8-10; I Chron. i. 10; Micah v. 5 (A. V. 6)). * +

jlh1182 4.11.12 - 08:57pm
Nimrod is the prototype of a rebellious people, his name being interpreted as he who made all the people rebellious against God (Pes. 94b; comp. Targ. of pseudo-Jonathan and Targ. Yer. to Gen. x. 9). He is identified with Cush and with Amraphel, the name of the latter being interpreted as he whose words are dark ( ; Gen. R. xlii. . As he was the first hunter he was consequently the first who introduced the eating of meat by man. * +

jlh1182 4.11.12 - 09:00pm
He was also the first to make war on other peoples (Midr. Agadah to Gen. x. 9). * +

jlh1182 4.11.12 - 09:05pm
His great success in hunting (comp. Gen. x. 9) was due to the fact that he wore the coats of skin which God made for Adam and Eve (Gen. iii. 21). These coats were handed down from father to son, and thus came into the possession of Noah, who took them with him into the ark, whence they were stolen by Ham. The latter gave them to his son Cush, who in turn gave them to Nimrod, and when the animals saw the latter clad in them, they crouched before him so that he had no difficulty in catching them. * +

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