Mailbag: Bast In the Bible?

Posted by Kushana Torumekia at 6/10/2010 9:10 PM
Categories: Q, Goddesses, Cats, Bible, Gospels, Bast, Egyptology, Bastet, Gospel of Luke, New Testament
Tags: Q New Testament Egyptology Cats Gospels Bast Bastet Gospel of Luke Goddesses
My helper tells me someone came to this weblog looking for information on Bast (or Bastet) and the Gospel of Luke.

I do not think any of the Gospels in the Bible mention any of the pagan gods by name:  why advertise a for a competing brand (so to speak)?  Early Christianity seems to have been very local, concerned with evangelizing a small geographic area (if you look at the place names mentioned in the earliest Christian sources, i.e. Luke 10:13), and not yet worried about taking on the issues of an entire province (to say nothing of neighboring provinces like Egypt or the entire Roman empire entire Roman empire as either a government or supporter of a particular religion.)

If you are wondering what the Bible mentions, look at a good concordance  or look it up online look it up online.  (Note:  different translations will give somewhat differing results.)

Cat content:  the symbol of St. Mark is the lion.

-Kushana

 

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