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Originally Posted by Sheshbazzar
"It seems to me the Great Breasted God is an entirely different god than the volcano/war god YHWH."............................................ ..........................
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Seems the same to me, That however does not give me a license to remove the name or alter the text to conform it to my beliefs.
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Originally Posted by Magdlyn
Sure it does. If Jefferson, Marcion, Tatian could edit Scripture, why can't you?
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I
could, however to so do, would be a violation of
my conscience, and of
my ethos.
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Originally Posted by Sheshbazzar
I agree with this analysis somewhat, reserving only that the Torah must have existed in substantially the present form from a much earlier period, because it was the contents of the Torah that served as the agent of separating and distinguishing the Israelites from the surrounding peoples, Without the written Torah, the people of "YHWH", and "The Covenant of YHWH" would have had little likelihood of sustainability.
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Originally Posted by Magdlyn
There could have been a few documents, sure. There was also plenty of oral transmission. This is evident in that Orthodox Jews to this day claim YHWH gave Moses the Oral Torah at the same time as he gave him the written one.
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But that presents the question of what those "few documents" were comprised of, And The Scriptures
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And it came to pass, when Moshe had made an end of writing the words of this Law ("this Torah") in a book, until they were finished, That Moshe commanded the Levites which carried the Ark of The Covenant of YHWH, saying; "Take this book of The Law ("the Torah"), and put it in the side of The Ark of The Covenant of YHWH your Elohim, that it may be there for a witness against you." (Deuteronomy 31:24-26)
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Looking back over the preceding verses, chapters, and books, the constant reiteration is,
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"Keep ALL of the words of this Law ("this Torah") to do them", "Keep ALL of these commandments", "Observe to do ALL of the words of this Law;"("this Torah")..........+++++++
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Thus the
written injunction enjoined the "keeping" and the "observing" of an extensive body of commandments and statutes, known as The Torah.
But the record is also clear that Moshe
DID NOT keep nor enforce "
ALL" of the
written Law ("Torah"), specifically, he prohibited the customary and commanded practice of circumcision, without which no man could become a partaker of that Covenant.
Certainly evidence that the
Oral Torah (Law and Doctrine) of Moshe, over-ruled and countermanded the commandment given in the
written Torah.
05-22-2006, 11:36 AM
