(February 22, 2014 at 3:40 pm)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Not according to the author of the book I just finished.
Hypothesis has it that the Jewish bible was totally a political work. Compiled primarily when said political lobbyists were in 'exile' .... They came back, put the whole guilt trip onto the population and the rest as they say is his story.
Up until the 'exile' the writers had no idea of anything. Babylon and Mesopotamia came as a bit of a shock.
Just like you all like to say - anyone can come up with a hypothsis. That and a hundred others.
