RE: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis
December 30, 2018 at 3:33 pm
(This post was last modified: December 30, 2018 at 5:13 pm by Bucky Ball.)
There are three "wife-sister dramas", 2 with Abraham, and 1 with Isaac. Other than some sort of affirmation that these were beautiful desirable women, and the patriarchs were somehow being protected, not sure what to take away from them. There has been a lot written on these stories, and supposedly they might have one source.
Interesting that in Hurrian Society, one could formally adopt a wife, thus making her a "blood relative" ... (in a sense) .. and the assimilation of that culture had been well underway for a long time. It (Hurrians) may also be the answer to the "Ur" origins of the Abraham story. Maybe there is a flashing memory of that here.
https://www.ancient.eu/Hurrians/
Never really followed it along, but there is a definite literary theme of "deceptions" and then how they are discovered, (Joseph and his brothers, etc), and who is responsible for the discovery.
Interesting that in Hurrian Society, one could formally adopt a wife, thus making her a "blood relative" ... (in a sense) .. and the assimilation of that culture had been well underway for a long time. It (Hurrians) may also be the answer to the "Ur" origins of the Abraham story. Maybe there is a flashing memory of that here.
https://www.ancient.eu/Hurrians/
Never really followed it along, but there is a definite literary theme of "deceptions" and then how they are discovered, (Joseph and his brothers, etc), and who is responsible for the discovery.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell 
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