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O.K., participants, I am relatively ignorant of all of this. Could you please be more specific about what is wrong with Pastor Mark's sources and how we know they're wrong? Thank you.
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01-12-2006, 10:01 PM
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Why don't you read them and then read Finkelstein and then decide. That is how you check stuff out. By the way, I am going to read Finkelstein, as well.
This moved to an Old Testament discussion, but I encourage you to consider the question of New Testament authorship, as well. Go ahead and read the atheist authors and the Christian authors. Cheers, Mark |
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01-13-2006, 06:41 AM
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Finkelstein is written for laypeople and is quite entertaining. It doesn't assume a lot of prior knowledge. The authors have much respect for the bible as a historical and inspirational document, but do not consider it as describing accurate historical events. Julian |
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01-13-2006, 07:32 AM
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I'm about a third of the way through Finkelstein and finding it very interesting, and pretty easy to follow the logic of. And I'm about as 'lay' a person as you can get in these matters.
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