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Did Yahweh reveal himself to Moses in Midian or Egypt?
by srd inthe later priestly authors must have been uncomfortable with moses midianite connections, and what that impliedi.e., that yahweh came from midian!
so what did the later priestly writers do?
they rewrote the tradition; they rewrote "history," and expunged moses' midian sojourn and midian wife from history!
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By my count there are 79 contradictions in Genesis alone!
by srd injust posted the last 2, which once again highlight the fact that later writers, compelled by differing historical circumstances, rewrote the "historical" narratives that they themselves inherited.
an even later editor then stitched together these two narratives to form the bible as it now stands.. thursday, we now move on to the book of exodus!
http://contradictionsinthebible.com.
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Jacob's name change to Israel -- happens twice?
by srd inthere was a thread here months ago about the 2 jacob-to-israel stories -- can't find it.
anyway, thought this might be of interest:.
http://contradictionsinthebible.com/penuel-or-bethel/.
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More Bible Contradictions
by srd inwe've been posting 1 a day since 1/2013 at http://contradictionsinthebible.com .
we are now at #60 -- another contradiction created when the later priestly text was redacted into the earlier yahwist and elohist texts.
the priestly author had a unique narrative chronology and interest in deathm marriage, travel, and settlement notices.
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Did Jacob steal the blessing by deceiving his father or not? Did he flee Beersheba to avoid Esau or to get married? etc.
by srd inwe are at genesis 27-28 now, doing some serious bible study through the bible's contradictions, i.e., their different textual traditions, at http://contradictionsinthebible.com.
many of you have joined un the discussion.
should finish up the book of genesis in march..
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BIblical contradiction #44. Who founded Beersheba: Abraham or Isaac
by srd injust tout'in me wares here.... http://contradictionsinthebible.com/is-beersheba-named-by-abraham-or-isaac/.
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The Abraham-Isaac stories and contradictions
by srd infor those who have been following some of my posts over at http://contradictionsinthebible.com we have just started to look at and study the abraham< ishamel, and isaac stories and their different textual traditions.
after that we will look at the jacob cycles.
anyone interested in moving through the books of the bible, please follow alon and share.. we' ve spent our first month on genesis and only got to gen 15. i imagine another 2 months on genesis before we hit exodus.. thanks for all the support.
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Were the Biblical writers writing history?
by srd inand how would you know or not know.
read and respond http://contradictionsinthebible.com/how-do-we-know-that-the-biblical-writers-were-not-writing-history/.
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To circumcise or not to circumcise?
by srd inhere's a good one for you, looking at gen 17 and paul's subversive interpretive practices.
http://contradictionsinthebible.com/is-the-covenant-of-circumcision-an-eternal-covenant-or-not/.
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How to fight biblical ignorance??
by srd inthe bible this; the bible that; 'tis the word of the almighty.
we all be following its every word... blah, blah, blah.
many biblical scholars lament the fact that the bible is the most misunderstood, abused, and appropriated text by numerous different religious communities, each one claiming to provide its right interpretation, while ironically supporting their own belief system.
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