Reading Notes: Folklore of the Holy Land Moslem, Christian, and Jewish, Reading A

 

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Folk-lore of the Holy Land: Moslem, Christian and Jewish by J.E. Hanauer 

The first story that intrigued me was Moslem Cosmogony and Our Father Adam. I read about many of these topics in Sunday school as a child, but many of the discussions such as how they had a bunch of kids from devils were not discussed. The Tablet of Destiny is one that I had heard a lot about. I fount interesting that it was made from a white pearl. God created a huge pen that started to write everything that happened til the day of judgement. God then created water. The pearl was next created. He created the clouds. God created his throne, but this is actually a debated topic. Some people believe that it could have been made before then. 

Different people came from different types fo soil and potentially dust. I always learned that we were made of clay in Sunday school, so that was interesting to me. Adam was dead for like 40 years, but the angels were told that he should be worshipped. I never knew that Adam was both male and female. First there was another woman Lillith who did not want to do whatever Adam wanted her to do. Thus, she was kicked out of Paradise, and Eve took her place. They all went through different gates to the Earth. They had offspring with devils what. He had forty thousand kids. 

Lokman was the last story that intrigued me. It discussed Ayub's relatives who was not very good looking but very good person, very smart. He was a slave that was set free from his master because he would eat bitter melon. He decided to help some guy that seemed to be almost dying. His nephew was not invited to help and watched from above. He gave the sick person some anesthetic and saw a huge crab on his heart. The nephew yelled how to get it off.