[Green Ronin] Preview Testament: Roleplaying in the Biblical Era

[HalWhitewyrm]

What I was saying is that if you read H.W.F.Saggs's The Babylonians that a tribe of arabs that worshiped EL as their main not only god;1,000 of years before Abraham might have been proto-jews.And some of the early jewish goddess are known.EL was the storm and war and voloco (sp) god of the jews in the early years.He rode in a sky chariot and his main weapon was a bow;the rainbow.elforcelf

I guess in the end you'll have to decide that for yourself. Archeological, historical and folkloric evidence all have divergent theories on the subject, and for each proponent of a theory there are twice as many opponents. In short, there is no one accepted answer to your question as of yet.

I personally like Spike's response. The book provides a set of tools and gives you some guidelines. How you apply them it's up to you. It is quite possibly in your game the Israelites may view Ashera as a female aspect of Hashem; a sort of more complete Shechinah, if you will. Other people's games may have an amalgamation of deities being worshiped depending on the region of Israel you find yourself, just like you may find Hittites, Moabites, Jebusites, etc. worshiping the G-d of Israel while in their own countries.

Man I cannot WAIT for this book!!!

 

[Nikchick]

Well Amazon.com also has a 'List Price' of
$27.95. The List Price is _before_ any discounts. I just thought you might want to know because it looks like either your web page or they have the MSRP wrong.

Argh, if the boards would stop going down, I could answer this! :|

The correct price is $32.95. Our webpage has the correct info for the book.

Nicole

 

[elforcelf]

Thank you for the info.About the Hittite religion is it the early pure Httite one or the later mixed Hittite/Hattian one?elforcelf

 

[MulhorandSage]

The article is still being written, elforcelf, but it concentrates more on the New Kingdom period and the Hurian influenced pantheon, (with bits on Cybebe and the Neo-Hittite/Phrygian religion) as those time periods have the greatest overlap with other Testament campaigns.

The article will only concentrate on about fifteen of the most prominent Hittite deities; there's simply neither room nor sufficient information to cover "the thousand gods of Hatti".

Scott Bennie

 

[elforcelf]

This book sounds great!I can not wait to get it.What other books like this do you want to do,guys and girls?elforcelf

 

[elforcelf]

This book sounds great!I can not wait to get it.What other books like this do you want to do,guys and girls?elforcelf

 

[elforcelf]

This book sounds great!I can not wait to get it.What other books like this do you want to do,guys and girls?elforcelf

 

[Princeps Augustus]

Testament looks awesome.

I'm gonna ask for this for my birthday. This is a great idea... and I hope you release some extras to flesh out the world even more. For instance... the Assyrians, the Edomites, the Ishmaelites (or Arabs) and the Persians would all be valuable additions to this world if you're thinking about releasing supplements. But even so... this looks great.