(July 7, 2014 at 9:53 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(July 7, 2014 at 9:05 pm)SteveII Wrote: Copying of the Torah and other books of the ancient Hebrews was governed by a tedious process that made sure not one letter was misplaced. Once Moses wrote it down, it was not an oral tradition--it was continuously copied with care. Historicity rescued!
There is no evidence of any "moses." There is no evidence of any "hebrew scriptures" prior to the Dead Sea Scrolls. The tradition you refer to has to do with the Masoretic scribes and date to the 9th century.
Care to try again and this time abandon the fairy tales?
I will try one more time to politely point out you are mistaken or we are not understanding each other. The Hebrew Torah has been around (in Hebrew) since the 5th century BC. The rest of the Hebrew Cannon (the prophets) were formed up between the 3rd and 2nd century BC. The Masoretic Texts are the oldest complete copies. There was a temple process for copying the Torah all the way back, to well, the first temple.
Regarding Moses, he wandered in the wilderness for 80 years. Did you expect to find a body? The oral and then written tradition of the ancient Hebrews is all we have to indicate that an ancient Hebrew lived.