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Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 1 day agoI always took the Bible as a lot or bullshit, but I never really gave any thoughts to scholars picking it apart. That’s pretty cool to think about.
Comment on susjay
Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 1 day agoI always took the Bible as a lot or bullshit, but I never really gave any thoughts to scholars picking it apart. That’s pretty cool to think about.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 day ago
Here’s a fun fact: Some scholars believe Genesis 1 is a later addition than the rest of the story, because Judaism was originally polytheistic.
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
It mentions Baal, in a way that’s more concerned than it needs to be.
deacon@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Correct, and fundamentally you don’t make laws to prohibit something nobody is doing.
A few different gods had to get rationalized or syncretized in one way or another as I understand it.
Not only Baal but that pesky Asherah and her complicated and inconvenient situationship with YHWH.