LANGUAGE OF ADAM AND EVE

Dear Rabbi,
What language did Adam & Eve speak? Was it Hebrew?

Dear Monte Stimmel,
We see evidence that Adam spoke Hebrew because he gave Eve two names, each of which
makes sense only in Hebrew. He called her isha (woman) because "she was taken from ish
(man)," and he called her Chava (Eve) because "she was to be Mother of all chai (life)." The
very name Adam is from the Hebrew word adamah (earth), referring to the fact that G-d created
Adam from the earth. From the time of Adam and Eve until the generation of the Tower of
Babel, everyone spoke Hebrew.
Sources:
Bereshet 2:23, 3:20
Midrash Bereshet Rabbah 38





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http://www.scribd.com/doc/19959642/Bharat
a-the-Language-of-the-Harappans
THE LANGUAGE OF THE HARAPPANS
BHARATA
THE LANGUAGE OF THE HARAPPANS
THE GOLDEN KEY TO THE SECRETSOF ANCIENT
MYSTICISM,OCCULTISMAND RELIGIOUS RITUALS-
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22Mar/110
Knowledge of Praising
The battle of Megiddo took place on c. April 16th, 1457 BCE. In the battle, Pharaoh Thutmose
III defeated an alliance of Canaanite and Mittani kingdoms. It opened a way for Thutmose to
expand further northward. The importance of this battle lies in the fact that it is perhaps the first
battle to have been recorded with considerable and reliable details.
The bible says that the end of the world will be in the form of Armageddon (Nothing to do with
the movie). The word Armageddon is frequently used to refer to the end of times. But
Armageddon does not refer to an event. It in fact refers to a place Har Megiddo, mount of
Megiddo, where the battle between the Messiah and Antichrist takes place. Thus it is fitting that
the place where the first battle properly described took place would be the place for the final
battle as well.
The Mittani signed a treaty with the Hittites in 14th century BC. This treaty document is the first
exhibit of Indo Aryan language. The treaty is drawn with the blessings of Indara (Indra), Mitras
(Mitra), Nasatianna (Nasatya or Ashwins) and Uruvanass (Varuna). There is neither any
evidence of Agni or Soma (The primary Gods of Rigveda) nor of Rama or Krishna, the major
Gods of Modern Hinduism.
Avesta, the collection of holy texts of Zoroastrian purported to be written sometime in the middle
of second millennium BCE, has some things in common with Rigveda. There is marked
interchangeability between the sounds h and s in the words used in the two. Thus we have Ahura
(Asura), hepta hindu (Septa Sindhu) and daha (dasa). The religious concepts are however
reversed. Thus we have Ahura (Ahura Mazda) as the chief God in Avesta while the Vedic
religion terms Asura as the demons. Indara (Indra) is demonic in Avesta as are the other Deavas.
This could be interpreted as resulting from a religious dissension between the original group of
people in the Persian-Mittani-Western end of the Indian subcontinent. One group favoring Ahura
going to Persia while the other migrating towards India. The modern Parsis (Root word Persia)
are the descendants of these Zoroastrians. They later migrated to India during the eastern
expansion of Islamic Caliphates. Thus we see that the two branches eventually merged
geographically.
The Rigveda (which means knowledge of praising (or verse)) as we know now was maintained
through oral tradition till the Gupta period (4th to 6th CE) when it was written down in Brahmi
script. Rigveda is believed to have been composed during the Iron Age (around 800 BCE).
Rigveda is divided into 10 mandalas or family book of which the first and the tenth are the
youngest and longest. Each mandala is purported to be written by a Rishi. Eg.,Maharshi
Vashishta is credited with composing the seventh mandala while Vishawamitra composed
mandala 3. The oral tradition of memorizing the text included techniques like padapatha and
samhita. The primary deities to whom the hymns are devoted are Indra and Agni. Other Gods
mentioned include Soma, Varuna, Savitr, Aditya and Ashwins among others.
The famous Gayatri Mantra is a part of third mandala of Rigveda attributed as we have seen to
Vishwamitra. Gayatri in fact refers to a Sanskrit meter that contains a structure of 3 lines with 8
syllables each. Thus, theoretically there are many Gayatri mantras. The recitation starts with Om
Bhur bhuvah svah, which is known as mahavyahrti (Great utterance) and is a prefix
recommended by Taittiriya Aranyaka to be applied to all recitations. It is not a part of the Gayatri
Mantra. Following this is the Mantra proper. The meaning of the Mantra - "May we attain the
excellent glory of Savitar the God so may he simulate our prayers." The mantra is thus dedicated
to God Savitr and hence is also known as Savitri.
Mandala 10 contains hymns like Nasadiya Sukta, Hiranyagarbha Sukta and Purusha Sukta.
Nasadiya Sukta (It is narrated in the opening credits of the series Discovery of India) is believed
to be the earliest account of agnosticism. Hiranyagarbha Sukta (Song in the ending credits) deals
with the creation of the cosmos while the Purusha Sukta is dedicated to Purusha from whose
different body parts Gods (Indra and Agni from the mouth) and various Varnas appeared.

PS. It took me a long time to write this post. The really bad quality of writing demonstrates it
amply.
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11Mar/110
Word, Holy texts and Ashrams
John 1:1 says In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and word was God.
In most cultures word is attributed lot of power. Magic also supposedly needs incantations. The
importance of spoken word may have its beginning when the prehistoric man started
communicating. Communication helped the human being to hunt better and convey knowledge
to others. Memory also played a very important role in ensuring human survival. The knowledge
of hunting, tools, experiences were remembered and passed on to the future generations.
Memory and communication ensured that the knowledge from one generation or group of people
was spread wide and preserved. The prehistoric human beings would have also realized their
importance and must have attributed divine source to them.
Thus we see that the two main class of Hindu scriptures are Sruti (Hearing, Listening) and
Smriti (That which is remembered). Sruti is believed to be direct revelation by divine being
which was then translated by Rishis into something that can be understood by humans. Non-Sruti
text falls under Smriti. Smriti is not believed to be of divine origin but instead is memories of
wisdom passed on by the sages.
The main components of Sruti are Vedas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Mukhya Upanishads.
The word for knowledge in Latin is Scientia from which the word Science takes root. The
Sanskrit word Veda also means knowledge. The four Vedas are also known as Samhitas. Vedas
are Apaurusheyatva, which implies that Vedas are not authored by anyone. The four Vedas are
Rigveda, Yajurveda, Sama-veda and Atharva-veda.
Brahmanas are commentaries on Vedas. Each Brahmana is linked to one of the four Vedas.
Aranayakas too are commentaries on Vedas. Aranyakas means of the wilderness. The
commentaries contained in Aranyakas were supposed to be so dangerous that they had to be
studied in the forest. I wonder what was so dangerous?
Upanishads are philosophical texts. I dont know how exactly the Brahmanas, Aranayakas and
Upanishads differ from each other. There are over 200 Upanishads with the earliest few termed
as Mukhya Upanishad and believed to be part of Sruti. Dara Dhikoh, the Mughal prince and son
of Shah Jahan translated almost 50 Upanishads into Persian. The question, had Dara Shikoh not
been defeated by Aurangzeb, the history of the subcontinent would have turned out to be very
different is a contender for another blog post.
The presence of so many commentaries gives a picture that ancient India had the tradition of
sages sitting and commenting and discussing the holy texts. Contrary opinions also got included
in these commentaries. Mahabharata and Ramayana imply that the royal princes were sent for
education to the sages where they learned the art of ruling and martial arts. The sages are
portrayed as teaching all these arts to the Princes. It is very difficult for a single sage to be
competent in intellectual pursuits as well as the more physical aspects of warfare. I believe that
what is termed as the "Ashram" of the sages were more like colleges or schools that contained
various "Gurus"/teachers adept in various arts. Thus you have a Guru who is an expert in
swordplay while another expert in archery. These Ashrams were named after their principal Guru
and thus the teaching of all the arts gets attributed to him. The pattern of these Ashrams may
have been adapted in the later universities of Nalanda and Takshashila. How true my conclusions
are, I will never know.
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8Mar/110
Aryan Invasion or not?
Despite saying that I will not write on the topic, I am noting down whatever interesting I could
find on the topic after a cursory search.
Out of India theory Aryan Invasion Theory
In the middle 18th century, many leading European
thinkers believed that most of the European
languages had Sanskrit as their origin.
Development of historical linguistics
concluded that Sanskrit was one of the
daughter languages among many other.
Kazanas, an Indo-European scholar published an
article in the reputed, peer reviewed journal, the
journal of Indo-European studies supporting the OIT
point of view.
The editor of the journal believed that any
referee would not agree with the
conclusions and hence it was necessary to
waive the peer review to give a "sense of
fair play". The article was followed by
nine highly critical reviews.
Rigveda consists of many hymns praising the river
Saraswati implying that Saraswati was a mighty river
at the time of compilation of Rigveda. Saraswati had
dried up during the late Harappan period. Thus the
Vedas may have been compiled 4000BC when
Saraswati was still strong, thus implying that Aryans
were in India much before the Indus Valley
Civilization.

Rigveda does not mention silver, sword, rice,
constellations which apparently the Indus Valley
Civilization knew about. Thus implying an origin of
RV much before IVC.
The absence of the material could be
because the RV was written earlier and in
western parts. The later Samhitas and
Brahmanas mention these things implying
that once the Aryans came into contact
with IVC, these things got into the
literature too.

The linguistic center of gravity theory
states that the place of origin of a language
group has the most diversity. This
diversity is found in Central Eastern
Europe. Thus implying the origin of Indo-
European language group there and not in
India.

Indic languages shows influence of
Dravidian languages while none of the
European languages show that. If the
origin of Indo-European language was in
India then the European languages should
also have shown these influences.
The absence of any mention of places outside India
or of any invasion legends points to Aryans being
from India.
Ramayana, Mahabharata could be
considered as invasion legends. Though
these legends are not mentioned in
Rigveda.
The absence of any escape or liberation or migration
legends akin to the exodus in Bible or Hijra in Islam
points that there was no migration.


Romila Thapar and A L Basham both
believe that Out of India theory is not a
plausible explanation and that if not an
invasion, a migration of Aryans did indeed
take place.

There is a distinct lack of credible research online on the subject. The websites appear to be
obviously biased and hence their claims needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. The subject has
reached a point where no consensus among historians will be reached due to the nationalistic and
religious sentiments involved. I am leaving the topic here. Perhaps in the future once I get a
clearer understanding, I will return to it.

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