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Is the Torah really the unaltered word of God?
http://news.yahoo.com/jerusalem-scholars-trace-bibles-evolution-092932128.html
"For many Jews and Christians, religion dictates that the words of the Bible in the original Hebrew are divine, unaltered and unalterable. For Orthodox Jews, the accuracy is considered so inviolable that if a synagogue's Torah scroll is found to have a minute error in a single letter, the entire scroll is unusable.
But the ongoing work of the academic detectives of the Bible Project, as their undertaking is known, shows that this text at the root of Judaism, Christianity and Islam was somewhat fluid for long periods of its history, and that its transmission through the ages was messier and more human than most of us imagine."
"For many Jews and Christians, religion dictates that the words of the Bible in the original Hebrew are divine, unaltered and unalterable. For Orthodox Jews, the accuracy is considered so inviolable that if a synagogue's Torah scroll is found to have a minute error in a single letter, the entire scroll is unusable.
But the ongoing work of the academic detectives of the Bible Project, as their undertaking is known, shows that this text at the root of Judaism, Christianity and Islam was somewhat fluid for long periods of its history, and that its transmission through the ages was messier and more human than most of us imagine."
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The same you way determine whether someone is telling you the truth about anything - investigate any corroborating facts. I'll bet most people don't even go that far. But if you don't want to believe, others won't be able to convince you.
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>>Who are they and what are their credentials?
I really don't know. I read this Friday when eating lunch and thought it might be a good article to post on P&R.
I really don't know. I read this Friday when eating lunch and thought it might be a good article to post on P&R.
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http://www.biblicalexegesis.org/blog/?p=254
"Scheiner’s article is an emotive appeal that does little to demostrate the role and value of textual criticism. Yet, I suspect the article will mesh well with those who live on the slippery slope."
This link doesn't seem to be referencing the same article I posted, but the AP writer has a photo of Sebastian Scheiner and uses many of the same phrases.
"Scheiner’s article is an emotive appeal that does little to demostrate the role and value of textual criticism. Yet, I suspect the article will mesh well with those who live on the slippery slope."
This link doesn't seem to be referencing the same article I posted, but the AP writer has a photo of Sebastian Scheiner and uses many of the same phrases.
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I guess I found this article more interesting than others. Oh well.