Thoughts without conclusions II: More conclusive than the first
TheFarSideOfCrazy
Three months ago, to the day, I was talking about how many of Israel's stories (i.e. The Old Testament) are not their stories. But, it turns out, that they are. I read a book about early Israel by an archaeologist named William G. Dever; in it he lays out his belief (based on decades of research and field work) that Israel descended from a group of people indigenous to Canaan. These proto-Israelites probably formed a new community from their subversion of the old, pagan, monarchical order of Canaan. Many of the stories in the OT may actually be, historically, a part of their past, only numerically embellished.
This actually makes sense to me. I recently read a book review by Craig Blomberg about a topic realting to what I'm thining on right now: Inspiration. Was it a one time thing. Did YHWH only inspire one author for every book of the Bible, or did he inspire whole communities and generations of scribes in the transmission of stories and texts to form a gradually inspired scripture? In Blomberg's words: "It would have been a far greater miracle to supernaturally guide every copyist and translator throughout history than to inspire one set of original authors, and in the process it probably would have violated the delicate balance between the humanity and divinity of the Bible..."
While I think that the issue here is far greater than jsut texts, Blomberg's thoughts still resonate with me.
Grace and Peace,
Jared
Three months ago, to the day, I was talking about how many of Israel's stories (i.e. The Old Testament) are not their stories. But, it turns out, that they are. I read a book about early Israel by an archaeologist named William G. Dever; in it he lays out his belief (based on decades of research and field work) that Israel descended from a group of people indigenous to Canaan. These proto-Israelites probably formed a new community from their subversion of the old, pagan, monarchical order of Canaan. Many of the stories in the OT may actually be, historically, a part of their past, only numerically embellished.
This actually makes sense to me. I recently read a book review by Craig Blomberg about a topic realting to what I'm thining on right now: Inspiration. Was it a one time thing. Did YHWH only inspire one author for every book of the Bible, or did he inspire whole communities and generations of scribes in the transmission of stories and texts to form a gradually inspired scripture? In Blomberg's words: "It would have been a far greater miracle to supernaturally guide every copyist and translator throughout history than to inspire one set of original authors, and in the process it probably would have violated the delicate balance between the humanity and divinity of the Bible..."
While I think that the issue here is far greater than jsut texts, Blomberg's thoughts still resonate with me.
Grace and Peace,
Jared
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