RE: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis
November 20, 2018 at 9:13 pm
(This post was last modified: November 20, 2018 at 9:26 pm by Bucky Ball.)
There are 4 models and 4 sources.
So everyone is right.
The Documentary Hypothesis is one of 4 models, and there are 4 sources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis
I think the Documentary Hypothesis (or the neo-documentary hypothesis) rings most true .. with the added proviso that priestly sources probably played a larger part than anyone imagined ... Genesis and Exodus can be seen as priests from the Southern Kingdom constantly slamming the priests and traditions from the Northern Kingdom, and vice-versa. It's not a "religious" text, (as everyone in those cultures "just assumed" that the religion of their culture was "true") ... it's a political story, entirely.
So everyone is right.
The Documentary Hypothesis is one of 4 models, and there are 4 sources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis
I think the Documentary Hypothesis (or the neo-documentary hypothesis) rings most true .. with the added proviso that priestly sources probably played a larger part than anyone imagined ... Genesis and Exodus can be seen as priests from the Southern Kingdom constantly slamming the priests and traditions from the Northern Kingdom, and vice-versa. It's not a "religious" text, (as everyone in those cultures "just assumed" that the religion of their culture was "true") ... it's a political story, entirely.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell
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