The existence of contradictions is one of the things that goes into my
made in Alexandria premise.
How could they possibly exist? IF they were created over time then the younger would have been written in light of the older and no contradictions could result. Do we have to suggest deliberately introduced contradictions?
To claim there were different "traditions" requires a different tradition for each contradiction which means thousands of traditions which is also not reasonable for a handful of writers in Jerusalem.
The simplest explanation I can come up with which we know has happened is many writers on roughly the same subject creating stories as in TV series. In them almost none care about continuity, Babylon 5 being a noteworthy exception. In TV continuity is only very general and as long as a contradiction is not glaring and adds to the episode there is no problem.
I do not have direct evidence for this as yet. I simply point out the closest analogy we have which has exactly this issue.
made in Alexandria premise.
How could they possibly exist? IF they were created over time then the younger would have been written in light of the older and no contradictions could result. Do we have to suggest deliberately introduced contradictions?
To claim there were different "traditions" requires a different tradition for each contradiction which means thousands of traditions which is also not reasonable for a handful of writers in Jerusalem.
The simplest explanation I can come up with which we know has happened is many writers on roughly the same subject creating stories as in TV series. In them almost none care about continuity, Babylon 5 being a noteworthy exception. In TV continuity is only very general and as long as a contradiction is not glaring and adds to the episode there is no problem.
I do not have direct evidence for this as yet. I simply point out the closest analogy we have which has exactly this issue.
