An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical Forgeries

Re:An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical ... by hef19898 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:38AM (#34257763)

I never understood the historical relevance of religious texts outside of the context of how they impacted societies. Because these religious texts are hardly orimary sources that state historical facts, they are closer to pure propaganda pieces.

So, for me, the question of forgeries is interesting because if forged texts were used someone had an interst in doing it. If a text is not a "forgery", it doesn't mean the text states objective truths so.

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Re:An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical ... by lo_zamoyski on Thursday January 05, 2023 @08:25AM (#34259242)

> Because these religious texts are hardly orimary sources that state historical facts,

You're overgeneralizing. The Bible is effectively something like an anthology compiled from texts written in different styles over thousands of years. The character of Genesis is quite different from, say, the New Testament Gospels. While Genesis is not intended to be a scientific text, the New Testament does describe events in a historical kind of manner.

> they are closer to pure propaganda pieces.

I have no idea what that means. You should probably revisit your assumptions.

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