(February 2, 2016 at 12:24 am)Brakeman Wrote:(January 29, 2016 at 10:27 am)Drich Wrote: the simple answer?
Only God wrote in "Stone." And, Their are only 2 examples of that.
The Hebrew Scribes were commanded to write on parchment, when relaying God's word.(February 1, 2016 at 5:42 pm)Drich Wrote: When did I say was a commandment? It's an observation. the Jews did not engrave (carve religious words) into stone. The only example is when God did this. (the Hand writing on the wall and the 10 commandments)
This is "one of a kind" 3ft tall stone tablet from the period of the second temple. and it was written in INK/Not carved.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-u...ew-tablet/
That said their are commands that they engrave into gold and jewls.
Where did you say it was a commandment? Check the quote up above.. I highlighted it in red for you. You do know that a command from god is called a commandment don't you?
You said that the scribes were commanded that they not carve in stone. Since the scribes and priests supposedly only followed "god's" comandments it also only follows that only god's demands carried weight with them, thus your sentence would be meaningless if it meant anything but a command by god.
Furthermore there are ZERO examples of god carving anything in stone not two.. God doesn't exist, he's a made up story character.
I was referring to the sefer Torah which all jews were commanded to 'hand write on Parchment or calf skin.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefer_Torah
Got it confused with the official/sanctified manuscripts.
(which again all existing examples put them on parchement or calf skin as well, but as a general observation and not an observable command.)
Either way the point is the Jews did not carve God's words into stone, They were only ever commanded to write on stone in one place in the bible. Couple that with the archaeological record we have (One stone tablet acredited to the Jews and it was written in Ink not engraved.) and your argument still does not hold water.