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Post by cenk on Nov 4, 2005 12:40:24 GMT -5
I don't think thats the only evidence to suggest multiple authors. Other evidence taken from R.E. Friedman, "Who Wrote the Bible?" lists a number of other pieces of evidence to suggest multiple authorship: - Two creation stories in Genesis.
- Two descriptions of the Abrahamic covenant.
Two stories of the naming of Isaac.
- Two instances where Abraham deceived a king by introducing his wife Sarah as his sister.
- Two stories of Jacob traveling to Mesopotamia
- Two stories of a revelation at Beth-el to Jacob.
- Two accounts of God changing Jacob's name to Israel
- Two instances where Moses extracted water from two different rocks at two different locations called Meribah.
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Post by teancum79 on Nov 4, 2005 13:27:36 GMT -5
I'm not an expert in language and what not, but there have been who knows how many copies made of those books.
I suppose it would be possible to have had to sets combined by someone along the way creating the duel author impression, but even that strikes me as odd.
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Post by dianaholberg on Nov 5, 2005 10:14:42 GMT -5
cenk, what is your point? If the Bible compiles a thousand versions of the events of the Jews, what does that matter?
No one claims the Bible was written by a single person, or 10 people, or even 100 people... just that all of the authors were inspired by God's Holy Spirit, and that the definition of the canon was inspired by that same Holy Spirit through His Church... as is its interpretation.
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Post by cenk on Nov 6, 2005 9:03:03 GMT -5
I guess my point is that moses was not the sole author of the Torah.
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