If you are acquainted with Jewish history and the history of the Hebrew scriptures, there is nothing peculiar with this scripture.
These scriptures were written at a time when the Israelites were polytheistic. That is, they worshipped many gods. Saerules is correct. She is not incorrect as fr0d0 claims.
In fact, Yahweh was regarded by most Israelites as nothing more than a mountain god at the time Moses supposedly went up the mountain.
Monotheism did not become a part of the Jewish faith until the time of the Babylonian exile. At that time the Israelites had became influenced by Persian Zoroastrianism. Persian Zoroastrianism is responsible for the belief in a spirit soul, a judgment day, heaven, hell, etc., basically the core beliefs of Christianity. Much of Judaism never embraced these doctrines. That is why you can read most of the Old Testament and not find support for Christian doctrines mentioned in anything written before that time.
And Christians deliberately misrepresent the Old Testament in this regard, trying to make the word "soul" mean a "spirit soul" throughout the Old Testament. That was not the belief of those who wrote the Old Testament. An accurate portrayal of Jewish belief about death is contained in Ecclesiastes 9:5 which clearly denies any afterlife for humans.
Don't be surprised if you find Christians hostile to what's written there. They will use every flim-flam trick in the book to deny what it actually says.
These scriptures were written at a time when the Israelites were polytheistic. That is, they worshipped many gods. Saerules is correct. She is not incorrect as fr0d0 claims.
In fact, Yahweh was regarded by most Israelites as nothing more than a mountain god at the time Moses supposedly went up the mountain.
Monotheism did not become a part of the Jewish faith until the time of the Babylonian exile. At that time the Israelites had became influenced by Persian Zoroastrianism. Persian Zoroastrianism is responsible for the belief in a spirit soul, a judgment day, heaven, hell, etc., basically the core beliefs of Christianity. Much of Judaism never embraced these doctrines. That is why you can read most of the Old Testament and not find support for Christian doctrines mentioned in anything written before that time.
And Christians deliberately misrepresent the Old Testament in this regard, trying to make the word "soul" mean a "spirit soul" throughout the Old Testament. That was not the belief of those who wrote the Old Testament. An accurate portrayal of Jewish belief about death is contained in Ecclesiastes 9:5 which clearly denies any afterlife for humans.
Don't be surprised if you find Christians hostile to what's written there. They will use every flim-flam trick in the book to deny what it actually says.
