Clivedurdle

Very big, important weapons of war and for moving stuff. Alexander definitely knew about them. Hannibal. Roman circuses.

What does it mean if they do not get a mention in certain texts? Might that give clues to the location and time of their writing?

Why did not Jesus enter Jerusalem on an elephant?

mountainman

Is it not traditional to perceive an elephant as - in usual circumstances - a very gentile creature?

Where did the gentiles evaporate to at the Circus of Nicaea?

The gentile elephant was painted with "State Christian" colors.
How many heretics and scismatics were generated?
All variant christians after Nicaea.

We dont hear about the Greek gentiles of Alexandria.
Later in the 4th century we dont hear about the Greek pagans of Alexandria either.
There were elephant loads of non christian gentiles in Alexandria.
Where did they all go ?
They were embraced by the ink of the orthodox church historians of the 5th century.

Greek controlled elephants.
Greek.

You know, that language ...
The one that disappeared for a while.

seyorni

Not so good a weapon. A single dart or arrow will send them stampeding off uncontrollably, and a target that large could hardly be missed.

Jesus? He and his homeless vagabonds could hardly support themselves, much less an elephant -- and wasn't Elijah's Elephant Emporium charging exhorbitant prices at that time?

Roger Pearse

Proves they didn't exist, of course.

arnoldo

Of course, elephants also symbolized the Hindu Gods. In fact, some drunk elephants trampled the jews which is a fine example of an allegorical interpretation of historical events (see: Hindu Prank Postulate).

Doug Shaver

Because if he had, then somebody would now be asking, "Why did Jesus not enter Jerusalem on a donkey?"

aa5874

Perhaps the JESUS movement was bankrupt. They had to BORROW a donkey or two.

It would be expected that the Jesus movement would have had at least ONE donkey.

spamandham

...because the triumphant entry is derived from Jewish scriptures rather than history.

Zech. 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

ApostateAbe

An elephant would not have fulfilled the messianic prophecy given in Zechariah 9:9.

Voice of reason

Jesus could not come into Jerusalem on an elephant.

The reason is that the gospels are allegories of the Sun as it travels through the constellations.

The Sun (Jesus) rides into Jerusalem on a Donkey and a colt. Amazing huh.

The sun is going through Cancer.There is a star in the constellation Cancer called Delta Cancri. It has the traditional name Asellus Australis which in Latin means "southern donkey colt

So yes The Sun Rides into town on the Donkey Colt = Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a Donkey and a Colt.

Makes perfect sense when you know the truth of the gospels.