| The word "Bible" is generically associated | | | | Egyptians with impotent and unworthy gods.As |
| with the Holy Bible in Western societies. | | | | the Jews wandered the Sinai writing their |
| Nonetheless, a quick search on Amazon will | | | | Torah, a studious new Pharaoh and his humbled |
| also turn up other applications of the word | | | | Egyptian intelligentsia reasoned that Jews |
| such as The Barbeque Bible, The Boomer Bible, | | | | were onto something, so they resolved |
| The Organic Cooking Bible, etc. No matter | | | | themselves to find the one true God of |
| what kind of itch you have, you'll likely | | | | Abraham. What ensued was perhaps one of the |
| find an authoritative Bible on Amazon that | | | | most remarkable wisdom-gathering events of |
| scratches it. Now there's another Bible on | | | | the ancient world as the Egyptian |
| Amazon, and it is just as serious, just as | | | | intelligentsia fanned out to the farthest |
| large and just as old as the Torah and New | | | | reaches of the kingdom's trading sphere to |
| Testament combined. It is The Kolbrin Bible | | | | conduct a first ever regional anthropological |
| and it is first ancient wisdom text to honor | | | | study.During the day, scribes and academics |
| the Phoenicians from whom we derived the word | | | | conducted business as usual, and then during |
| "Bible" because of the wonderful gift of | | | | off hours, they interviewed the wisest of |
| knowledge we inherited from them.School | | | | many lands. Their field notes accompanied |
| children know the word "Bible" comes from the | | | | usual shipments back to Egypt and were then |
| Greek word "bublos," which describes papyrus | | | | compiled into a secular work titled the Great |
| (an ancient Egyptian writing material made of | | | | Book. Penned in an ancient hieratic script, |
| reeds), and which is derived from the name of | | | | the Great Book was over four times the size |
| Byblos, an ancient Phoenician port that once | | | | of The King James Bible, and one part titled |
| thrived on the coast of present day Lebanon. | | | | the Sons of Fire contains a significant |
| What is not commonly known is that the Greek | | | | amount of ancient Phoenician folklore; an |
| alphabet was developed from the 22-letter | | | | ancient maritime nation well worth |
| Phoenician alphabet. Likewise, the Latin, | | | | remembering.The Phoenicians were the first |
| English and Cyrillic alphabets were also | | | | mariners to navigate their ships by Polaris, |
| derived from the Phoenician alphabet.The | | | | the North Star, and to circumnavigate the |
| Phoenicians based their alphabet on an | | | | African continent. Their primary trade |
| ancient Egyptian hieratic script. This is | | | | routes stretched through the Mediterranean; |
| why the history of The Kolbrin Bible makes it | | | | up along the Western shores of Europe; and |
| the first Bible of any kind to honor a | | | | North to Britain. During the late Bronze |
| history that begins in the days following the | | | | Age, Britain was a major exporter of tin, |
| Jewish Exodus from Egypt.The Torah (Old | | | | which when smelted with copper, makes bronze. |
| Testament) version of the Ten Plagues of | | | | Savvy traders, the Phoenicians plied the |
| Egypt is the history of a nation and it | | | | waters between the Middle East and Britain |
| describes a righteous victory of Moses over | | | | carrying lucrative cargoes of Egyptian |
| Pharaoh. In simple terms, it is the story of | | | | papyrus and British tin.Deeply enamored of |
| Exodus as told by the victor. Conversely, | | | | the Egyptian Great Book, the Phoenicians |
| the first six books of The Kolbrin Bible, | | | | translated several copies of it into their |
| which are collectively referred to as the | | | | own 22-letter alphabet, from which our own |
| Egyptian texts, contain the story of Exodus | | | | English alphabet is derived. One copy made it |
| as told by the defeated some 3600 years ago. | | | | to Britain, where it was warmly received by |
| While there are many similarities between the | | | | the Celtic priests there because many of its |
| stories of the Torah and the Egyptian Texts, | | | | stories reminded them of their own Druid |
| it is the latter that offers a truly | | | | folklore.Sadly, the Phoenician civilization |
| unvarnished account of a nation shaken to its | | | | was later smashed by the Roman Empire, and |
| core.According to the Egyptian Texts, Pharaoh | | | | little is left their history, and a similar |
| and his army caught the Jews in the midst of | | | | fate almost befell the Great Book. Much of |
| their Red Sea crossing and slaughtered better | | | | the original Phoenician translations were |
| than half of them before the waters swept | | | | destroyed during the 1184 arson fire at the |
| them away as well. Weakened by plagues that | | | | Glastonbury Abbey, and what remained was |
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| Egypt was only half-fulfilled.Militarily | | | | texts called the Coelbook. The texts were |
| decimated, Egypt's treasuries and granaries | | | | later translated into English and |
| became the prized targets of the starved | | | | collectively published as The Kolbrin.Your |
| hoards who invaded from the South. Much | | | | Own World Books, the new publisher of this |
| blood was shed to repel them. Yet, there was | | | | work chose to re-title it as The Kolbrin |
| an even worse fate in store. The Egyptians | | | | Bible: 21st Century Master Edition to honor |
| were shaken to their national core by an | | | | the Phoenicians and their home port of |
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| faith in God, whereas Exodus left the | | | | work would have been forever lost in time. |