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Why do so many accept that Genesis is fictional, but believe Exodus is historical?

Shad

Shad

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Bible Student said:
The holy scriptures gives us detailed accounts including names,dates ,places etc.. There is no way they made all of that up.You have family trees with all of their names and dates when they were born.You can see all of the family members and who they derived from over the years.It is specific.That would be one heck of a task to put together such a masterpiece as the holy scriptures over a long period of time like that and fake it.It is very real but many do not understand or do not want to believe.
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Names, dates and places which known about by many people including scribes which wrote the narrative. For example I know of London England and some minor places in London. I can easily construct a story involving these places while never factual having been to any such place. The story could be convincing until one starts to look at the details which archaeologist have for centuries. Very few even hold to the idea that the narrative is representative of a factual event. Rather many view the story as a memo-narrative with theological and national purpose instead of a record of history. It is refereed to as the Israelite Foundation Myth Charter.
 
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Shad said:
Names, dates and places which known about by many people including scribes which wrote the narrative. For example I know of London England and some minor places in London. I can easily construct a story involving these places while never factual having been to any such place. The story could be convincing until one starts to look at the details which archaeologist have for centuries. Very few even hold to the idea that the narrative is representative of a factual event. Rather many view the story as a memo-narrative with theological and nation purpose instead of a record of history.
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Na......
 
gsa

gsa

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Re: historical basis. Consider that there were bedouin-like nomads who may have been worshipping YHWH in Egypt, and you might see how an oral tradition would incorporate that experience and later be compiled and edited to fit into a cultic narrative.
 
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gsaseeker said:
Re: historical basis. Consider that there were bedouin-like nomads who may have been worshipping YHWH in Egypt, and you might see how an oral tradition would incorporate that experience and later be compiled and edited to fit into a cultic narrative.
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Jehovah.
 
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Oh my.......Poor guy.Over his head by a mile.Wow! I can't believe what I just read.Lol..........................

 
JerryL

JerryL

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There's no support that the Jews were ever slaves in Egypt. It's not even terribly similar to how slavery generally existed in Egypt.

More likely: the Jews were a sect among the Hittites and are descended from them.
 
JerryL

JerryL

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Bible Student said:
The holy scriptures gives us detailed accounts including names,dates ,places etc.. There is no way they made all of that up.You have family trees with all of their names and dates when they were born.You can see all of the family members and who they derived from over the years.It is specific.That would be one heck of a task to put together such a masterpiece as the holy scriptures over a long period of time like that and fake it.It is very real but many do not understand or do not want to believe.
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I could do it in like 20 minutes. Would you like me to prove I'm related to Hercules by listing a family tree? I can add dates and places... though maybe it would take me an hour then since I'll need to look some up.
 
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