Selected Product: | Divine Encounters: A Guide to Visions, Angels, and Other Emissaries Mass Market Paperback Edition: Reissue Author: Zecharia Sitchin Publisher: Avon Books Release Date: July 1998 ISBN-10: 0380780763 ISBN-13: 9780380780761 List Price: £7.99 Average Customer Rating: | | |
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However, in Sitchin's concluding chapter, he refutes all the Sumerian/Egyptian possibilities that suggest that YHWH could be one of the Annunaki. Like a good Jewish lad, he ends up affirming his monotheistic roots by saying that YHWH is NOT a member of the Annunaki at all. Rather, YHWH is the only God who rules even the Annunaki, and all beings and celestial objects are used to further the plans of YHWH for the development of the many worlds that exist in the universe.
As a result Sitchin manages to hold together his belief in the appearing of Planet X, or Nibiru and its surrounding moons and other orbiting planets? his belief in the Annunaki as "Elohim," and of course his monotheistic belief in YHWH, The Lord of the Universe. Though I think there is a contradiction in the way Sitchin put this book together, his numerous books are fascinating, and his depth of knowledge is immense. and every chapter in this book presents the reader with new perspectives. Anyone who thinks this man is "barking mad" needs a paradigm shift in the way they read the Bible, especially with regard to ancient near eastern texts. As Einstein said, "If the idea is not absurd in the first place, then there is no hope for it." | Food For Thought | Customer Rating: | | An in-depth look at divine encounters (contacts, dreams, visions) from Sumerian, biblical and other ancient sources. This book does not have the flow of his Earth Chronicles but is interesting nevertheless. For many pages the author speculates about the Hebrew tribal deity YHWH and where it fits in amongst the Sumerian (Annunaki) gods - but the speculation is so endless that I must confess I cannot remember the conclusion he reached. Another great book in the same vein is Colin Wilson's "From Atlantis To The Sphinx." | It IS on a par with Sitchin's earlier work! | Customer Rating: | | Contrary to the previous reviewer's headline, this book IS on a par with Sitchin's earlier works. That is to say, like them it is utter rubbish from beginning to end. It is quite horrifying that garbage like this should find an audience and an ominous sign of the strange darkness beginning to envelop our culture and civilization. The reviews posted below speak for themselves. | At last! The identity of Yahweh? | Customer Rating: | | Another masterpiece by my hero. And if that's not enough, at last, the answer to the burning (bush?) question... just who was the God of the Jews?... was he "just another annunaki"?... or more? A "don't miss this" for readers of the "Earth Chronicles". Awesome! | Just Great..... totally recommended! | Customer Rating: | | I loved this book! I think that this is a must for anyone interested in UFO's and alternate explanations for religious interpretations. |
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