RE: Is Quran the proof of God?
January 11, 2016 at 1:24 pm
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2016 at 1:25 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 11, 2016 at 12:56 pm)Stimbo Wrote: There's a youtube series, I think by Sargon of Assad, that goes into this in depth. Basically the idea is that the Jesus story in Mark was a cheap ripoff of Homer's Odyssey, cashing in on that epic's success for a contemporary audience. Not sure how much to take at face value, but interesting viewing.
Even if it weren't intended as such it could not have avoided contamination. The scribes who put "scripture" to page would have learned to write by reference to those epics. We write in the manner and style in which we are taught. This is such a reliable observation that we can place literary works in a chronology by reference to the themes and turns of phrase contained therein.
Greek (and a whole host of other) influences upon the NT and OT would have been inescapable. One must dive headfirst into fantasy in order to avoid this acknowledgement. I'll check out that series.
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