(December 6, 2013 at 9:49 pm)Aractus Wrote:(December 6, 2013 at 9:37 am)dcamp67 Wrote: Ahh the ancient Jews, they were so dutiful in preserving the items touched and used DIRECTLY by their god. Tell me, if you "received" tablets (even replacements) or had a box that "housed" the glory of your tribes god, would you ever lose it? I think it would be handed down to the succeeding generations of believers with fanatical attention to it's preservation.The Holy Temple was taken and destroyed, the contents plundered and destroyed on more than one occasion - this included the Temple Scrolls!
The Masoretic Text was preserved by using private copies that Rabbi's had. Once it had been written, it became the standard text - ie Rabbi's could view it to compare it to their copies and make corrections - just as had been the case with the ancient Temple Scrolls.
You didn't answer the questions. Predictable. If you want me to answer your questions and give then due thought, then I demand the same. Answer the questions or you prove yourself to be a proselytizing intellectual fraud posing as a reasoned debator.
