The Bible Is Wrong About Moses The Truth Is… Here are the reasons the bible is wrong about Moses*: The Impossibility of Moses Age. Moses is presented as having written the Torah. He did not. Moses is presented as revered; he should be presented as vilified. * Put the word “allegedly” in front of every reference […]
Sun Did Not Stand Still, Shadows Did Not Go Backward, Rain Did Not Cease For 3 Years
The Church Of Truth™ Free persons of all faiths from the tyranny of their religion Sun Did Not Stand Still, Shadows Did Not Go Backward, Rain Did Not Cease For 3 Years Joshua 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written […]
EIGHTEEN: THE HEBREW BIBLE: Conclusion and summary
Conclusion and summary The Hebrew Bible underwent a long period of elaboration and redaction extending over many centuries before finally achieving canonical status in the first and second centuries CE. It was an extraordinarily long period of gestation and along the way the text mutated according to the social and environmental circumstances it experienced. Much […]
SEVENTEEN: THE HEBREW BIBLE: The tripartite structure of the Hebrew Bible today *
The tripartite structure of the Hebrew Bible today * Having reviewed the general factors which were significant in the Hebrew Bible’s coming into being, how did it finish up in written form, how many completed versions were there, who gave ultimate sanction to what appeared therein and how can one have confidence in their authenticity? […]
SIXTEEN: THE HEBREW BIBLE: How does the Deuteronomists’ account square with the archaeological evidence?
How does the Deuteronomists’ account square with the archaeological evidence? Archaeology offers a picture of the Persian post-Exilic period Judah that does not sit easily with the story the Bible tells. There is no archaeological evidence for a sudden influx of new settlers from the Babylonian region in the area of Palestine and Yehud at the […]
FIFTEEN: THE HEBREW BIBLE: The inter-marriage crisis in Ezra and Nehemiah*
The foundational premise for almost every current study of Persian period or post-Exilic society is that it was dichotomous, split between the returnees and the “people of the land”<span “font-size:12.0pt;font-family:=”” “times=”” roman”,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:”times=”” roman”;mso-ansi-language:=”” en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa”=””>[1]. Furthermore, the returnees are commonly equated with the elite class in Jerusalem, such as those who officiated in the Temple and […]