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Who knows. It's hard to tell at a 2000 year remove, when it's known that various scriptures have been heavily edited, redacted, etc. Mostly it seems like he was
by M_Grey 10y ago
Who knows. It's hard to tell at a 2000 year remove, when it's known that various scriptures have been heavily edited, redacted, etc. Mostly it seems like he was an early version of "Reform" Judaism that turned into a cult.
- ejanus 10y agoAny supporting materials to what you just said?
- M_Grey 10y agohttp://www.nola.com/religion/index.ssf/2011/03/changes_to_the_bible_through_the_ages_are_being_studied_by_new_orleans_scholars.html http://www.nola.com/religion/index.ssf/2011/03/changes_to_th... http://www.npr.org/2011/07/17/138281522/how-bible-stories-evolved-over-the-centuries http://www.npr.org/2011/07/17/138281522/how-bible-stories-ev... https://skepticalteacher.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/the-embarrassing-truth-about-the-bible-its-still-being-edited/ https://skepticalteacher.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/the-embarr... Beyond that, it's the entire history of the document, with the first 400 or so years being particularly amusing. To be clear, it's not like the same isn't true for other scriptures. You know that lovely story about Moses' birth? Just a ripoff of Sargon of Akkad's origin story, which was almost certainly not original.