RE: Chat with a creationist
May 4, 2012 at 11:32 pm
(This post was last modified: May 4, 2012 at 11:33 pm by Abishalom.)
(May 4, 2012 at 11:17 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You don't know shit about any facts but Khirbet Qeiyafa is a wet dream. First of all, side by side translations of it show wildly different meanings. In addition the noted American scholar , Chris Rollston has dismissed the idea of it being Hebrew.Do you have a link to those side by side translations (or the argument from Chris Rollston for that matter)?
Secondly, if it were in Hebrew so what?. It has nothing to do with any biblical text which, in case you forgot, was the original question posed.
The whining opinions of aged biblical apologists that there must have been a Hebrew version before the Greek are based on wishes. Where is the evidence for THOSE writings?
Do you understand what you are looking for now?
If it isn't Hebrew then what was it? If it is Hebrew and that translation is correct then yes the theme present is consistent with what's in the bible.
Nobody is saying that there must have been a "Hebrew bible" prior. I am saying there must have been scriptures in circulation. It's not like they had books or a printing press back then. They had scriptures on scrolls. So you are asking for something that doesn't exist. The "bible" wasn't officially put together until about 4th century AD. But the scriptures were already in circulation for centuries prior.
