Ethel Bristowe
Ethel Susan Graham Bristowe, also known as E.S.G. Bristowe (1862–1952[1]) was a British painter, and an early 20th-century author on alternative theories within assyriology.[2]
Cain-Sargon theory
Bristowe is most well known for her Cain-Sargon of Akkad equation theory in her book Sargon the Magnificent (1927). In this work Bristowe reconstructs the chronology of Mesopotamia based on the Cylinder of Nabonidus, which dates Nabonidus 3,200 years after Naram-Sin, the son of Sargon. Following a very literal reading of this figure on the cylinder, Bristowe dates Sargon to c. 3800 BC, which contrasts to the mainstream scholarship consensus which dates Sargon to the 23rd century BC. Bristowe then equates Sargon to the Biblical Cain through philology, comparative mythology and analysing ancient cuneiform tablets.
The Cain-Sargon theory was not popular with contemporary assyriologists, but received support from British Israelites and proponents of Christian Identity whose publishing houses reprinted Bristowe's work.[3] A sequel was published by Bristowe in 1950 entitled Cain - An Argument.
Works
- The Oldest Letters In The World (1923)
- Sargon the Magnificent (1927)
- The Man Who Built The Great Pyramid (1932)
- Naphuria - The History Of The True Akhnaton (1936)
- Christ And Early Christianity Through Pagan Eyes (1937)
- Cain - An Argument (1950)
See also
References
- ↑ Ethel Susan Graham Bristowe
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- ↑ Religion and the racist right: the origins of the Christian Identity movement, Michael Barkun, UNC Press Books, 1997, p. 165.