RE: Atheist Bible Study 1: Genesis
January 29, 2019 at 12:52 am
(This post was last modified: January 29, 2019 at 1:00 am by Bucky Ball.)
A lot in the passage.
So as we saw in the establishment of the wells at Be'ersheba as the property of Abraham, (confirmed by Abimelek), here is a further attempted establishment first of ownership, and then (attempted literary) confirmation of the tradition that six patriarchs are buried here ... and that in fact even before (in the story) the "promised land" is claimed by Moses, they did own also this other very important site, and that it had been paid for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_th..._Machpelah
So as we saw in the establishment of the wells at Be'ersheba as the property of Abraham, (confirmed by Abimelek), here is a further attempted establishment first of ownership, and then (attempted literary) confirmation of the tradition that six patriarchs are buried here ... and that in fact even before (in the story) the "promised land" is claimed by Moses, they did own also this other very important site, and that it had been paid for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_th..._Machpelah
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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Militant Atheist Commie Evolutionist