The Origin of 666

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

-- Revelation 13:18

Yeah I dare to create this hubpage since nobody wanted to: fortunately I'm not supertistious just interested in the origin of Myths :)

In fact It was for trying to answer Connie's request "The black stone in the Holy Kaba. What is the history? Sun Goddess Allat was related to this and was it originally a black cube? What is the significance of black?" for which I have in fact no idea, that I fall upon an interesting hypothesis about the origin of 666:

2012: Appointment With Marduk is Turkish writer/researcher Burak Eldem's best-selling book (Istanbul, 2003) on hypothetical Planet X and Mayan "End Date" 2012. Eldem proposes a "return date" for this planet in 2012 and presents an analysis of the correlation between Mayan and Babylonian cosmologies.

The book also proposes an unorthodox explanation for the enigmatic Number of the Beast (numerology) by proposing a misinterpretation: The orbital period of Planet X or Marduk (planet) was 3661 years; and this number was written as a "three wedges in a row" in Mesopotamian sexagesimal mathematics. The sign for number 1 was used three times for 3600 (Shar), 60 (Ges) and 1 (As) respectively which made 3661 in total. And the cuneiform sign for "1" was very much alike the Hebrew letter "Waw" or "Vav", which had "6" as numerical value. As Eldem puts the matter in his book, Hebrew priests apparently adopted the "secret number" of Marduk and misinterpreted the sign as "666", or, "three Vav's". Because Marduk was the enemy's god, this number eventually became the "mark for Devil's Servant", and later "Anti-Christ"s sign in Christianity.

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Guess what: one of my next article will be "2012, will it be the End of the World ?" :)