Ancestor worship
196Greek Life
17 Jun 2024
8:06¶ 21
“Upon death, then, each father/grandfather/patriarch was assumed to shed this human coil and go off and his divinity would shine through, so when you…”
8:39¶ 23
“No, there’s not. The word chthonic comes into play here. It speaks of underground materialistic death-oriented kinds of gods, gods that you find by…”
10:05¶ 28
“But eventually they poof out of existence because this is a Disney movie and you really don’t want to show the ancestors coming back…”
187Purple Dye and Child Sacrifice
1 Apr 2024
27:24¶ 82
“First of all, Baal was not the name of a god. It’s a title, like God or Lord. It actually means Lord. Every city…”
8:08¶ 23
“As one of you said earlier, they honored the memory of their ancestors, as did the Egyptians, so they look back to Ham and…”
1:03¶ 3
“We’ve talked about ancient city-states a lot. They’re religiously organized around ancestor worship, and I think we’ll probably get into the specifics of Canaanite…”
186The Worldview that Shaped Western Civilization
25 Mar 2024
20:58¶ 71
“As you said before, the wife has to be faithful because we need a legitimate heir. Why? So that we know who can lead…”
21:25¶ 72
“But look a little bit deeper and say, “But why? Why is this here? Your wife is not to commit adultery because you want…”
181I Believe in Dragons
19 Feb 2024
20:18¶ 81
“The idea was that when your ancestor dies, you bury him probably on your property someplace, and then you feed his spirit to keep…”
20:50¶ 82
“Originally there was no idea of a Hades. That came later in Greek mythology. Originally dead Grandpa was the living god and he was…”
24:04¶ 88
“It's the Western hemisphere version of trying to stay connected with your ancestors that have died, and to show that death is not really…”
167Walls (Part 1)
3 Jul 2023
39:57¶ 116
“In that book by Fustel de Coulanges, The Ancient City, he describes the marriage ceremony in ancient Greece. It just is a very succinct…”
41:10¶ 118
“Another thing about the marriage thing, the practical and economic implications were that daughters were not thought much of because they’re going to leave…”
41:44¶ 119
“Daughters didn’t matter much. You could adopt a son and teach him the mysteries. Better an adopted son who was faithful than a son…”
105The Witch of Endor
14 Feb 2022
24:46¶ 112
“If we do take the word here in that sense, or maybe again a double sense. The ancient world worshiped its ancestors. When you…”
25:23¶ 113
“We need to feed him more. We need to keep him happy. If we keep him happy by bringing the proper sacrifices and such,…”
25:43¶ 115
“It’s something very, very different. And in passing, if anybody wants a clear idea of how the ancient world regarded their dead ancestors, there’s…”
18Faith, Community, and Justification
3 May 2020
0:56¶ 3
“As we look at the families, whether we’re in Canaan or whether we’re in the Japhetic tribes that eventually would become Greece and Rome,…”
1:35¶ 4
“This is not exactly a kind loving relationship. This is “the dead are scary,” something that Thornton Wilder in Our Town could have told…”
2:20¶ 6
“We can think of also Coco, the Disney film. Study the ancient Greeks and watch Coco and it’s like déjà vu all over again.…”