(October 14, 2012 at 10:17 pm)IATIA Wrote:(October 14, 2012 at 6:37 pm)Doubting_Thomas Wrote: Cain could marry one of his sisters, which was not against God's laws yet (not until Moses was incest made bad).My Bold
What of Lot and his daughters?
In The Bible Unearthed, Israel Finkelstein has an interesting take on that particular bullshit story.
"No 7th century Judahite looking across the Dead Sea towards the rival kingdoms would have been able to suppress a smile of contempt at such a disreputable ancestry."
This is what happens when a real scholar - one who understands those times - takes one of these stories and actually puts it "in context" as the jesus freaks are always demanding.
Context is not your friend, dear jesus freaks.