steve_bnk

A bitof biblical trivia from something I found for another thread. There are 613 so I will ot list them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/613_Mitzvot




A sampling. A mix of od rituals, practical civil la., social relations, and theology. Emphasis on cooperation and mutual support among the tribe members. Charity.

Annihilation against one or two adversaries.


491.Break the neck of a calf by the river valley following an unsolved murder — Deut. 21:4
493.Not to allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on your property — Deut. 22:8
494.Make a guard rail around flat roofs — Deut. 22:8
598.Wipe out the descendants of Amalek — Deut. 25:19
599.Remember what Amalek did to the Jewish people — Deut. 25:17
436.A woman who had a running (vaginal) issue must bring an offering (in the Temple) after she goes to the Mikveh — Lev. 15:28-29
236.Not to crossbreed animals — Lev. 19:19
160.Not to have sexual relations with someone else's wife — Lev. 18:20
64.Not to attempt to contact the dead — Deut. 18:11
60.Not to be superstitious — Lev. 19:26
61.Not to go into a trance to foresee events, etc. — Deut. 18:10
62.Not to engage in divination or soothsaying — Lev. 19:26

stephan huller

But only 10 were considered to have come from God in the Second Commonwealth. The rest were only established on the authority of Moses and thus not divinely inspired. Heschel also points to a tradition that Deuteronomy was understood to have been written by Moses. The Samaritans add a commandment (from God) regarding the sanctity of Mount Gerizim. They also count the ten differently

Iskander

It is a very short list considering that it was used to regulate the public and private life of a large community.

sotto voce

Falsehood, as already demonstrated.

sotto voce

Ah, the old Mitzvot, eh. So who keeps 'em?

proudfootz

Is this evidence there were Poes even in biblical times?

Iskander

What does "poes” mean?

sotto voce

I don't think it's a reference to Edgar Allan's ancestors, though obviously he had some. It seems to be a technical term new to scholarship. Probably complimentary, from the context.

proudfootz

Poe's Law is an axiom suggesting that it's difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish between parodies of religious or other fundamentalism and its genuine proponents, since they both seem equally insane.

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poe's_Law

I'm humorously suggesting that maybe some of the authors of these texts were making fun of the folks who took them seriously. :wave:

sotto voce

Oh dear, I was wrong. I really must adjust my expectations.