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mark9950 · 07-27-2003, 12:58 AM

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The problem is that such probably got repressed at some point--Josiah reform?

Do you know much or is there more detailed history on his reform.

Doctor X · 07-27-2003, 02:20 AM

You would probably do well to read Who Wrote the Bible? which is referenced in the Reading List at the beginning. It gives a far better summary than I can--I would probably "borrow" a lot from him.

It is a great book in many ways, particularly for sorting out the "J," "E," and "P" authors.

--J.D.

EvilPoet · 07-27-2003, 11:59 PM

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People have been reading the Bible for nearly two thousand years. They have taken it literally, figuratively, or symbolically. They have regarded it as divinely dictated, revealed, or inspired, or as a human creation. They have acquired more copies of it than any other book. It is quoted (and misquoted) more often than other books. It is translated (and mistranslated) more than the others as well. It is called a great work of literature, the first work of history. It is at the heart of Christianity and Judaism. Ministers priests, and rabbis preach it. Scholars spend their lives studying and teaching it in universities and seminaries. People read it, study it, admire it, disdain it, write about it, argue about it, and love it. People have lived by it and died for it. And we do not know who wrote it." -Richard Elliott Friedman, Who Wrote The Bible?

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07-27-2003, 02:20 AM	#12
Doctor X Banned Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 3,794	You would probably do well to read Who Wrote the Bible? which is referenced in the Reading List at the beginning. It gives a far better summary than I can--I would probably "borrow" a lot from him. It is a great book in many ways, particularly for sorting out the "J," "E," and "P" authors. --J.D.

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