MythicMassive rewrite of sacred texts (586-539 BC)
UBHebrew scribal revision during Babylonian captivity
Hebrew scribal revision during Babylonian captivity = Massive rewrite of sacred texts (586-539 BC)
The Connection
Hebrew priests in Babylon performed a massive editorial revision, incorporating Mesopotamian material and reshaping narratives to serve national and theological purposes. It was Hebrew scribes doing the rewriting IN Babylon, not Babylonians rewriting Hebrew texts.
UB Citation
UB 93:9, 97:7-8
Academic Source
Documentary Hypothesis; Friedman, Who Wrote the Bible? (1987)
Historical Evidence(Strong evidence)
Albert Schweitzer (The Quest of the Historical Jesus, 1906) established the divergence between historical Jesus and Pauline theology. E.P. Sanders (Paul and Palestinian Judaism, 1977) founded the "New Perspective on Paul." Bart Ehrman: "Jesus forgave sins directly and without condition; Paul claimed sins could only be forgiven through the death of Jesus as a blood sacrifice." The Documentary Hypothesis is mainstream biblical scholarship.
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Three Noahs: Historical, Regional, and Literary
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