Rex,
This is a theological issue and not one for pushing "Jesus Seminar' atheistic critisism that discounts the inspiration of scripture BEFORE the 'research' even begins.How silly of me, Rex! No one should ever question the inspiration of any traditional holy books or criticize them in any way. Criticism of holy books is always evidence of bitter atheism.
And those "Jesus Seminar" people! How dare they write about the Old Testament patriarchs anyway?
Ginny