(December 7, 2010 at 2:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: That's the story, Lethe. There is no evidence to support it.I didn't mean to suggest the Torah dates back to as far as it is claimed, merely that the OT/Torah was older (at least in part) than the NT and that Christianity did not predate Judaism. I should have clarified. The oldest known text I know of that parallels with biblical myth is the Epic of Gilgamesh, the best preserved version having been written ca. 640 BCE.
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