tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357262844016295998.post8519108666175748723..comments2023-11-03T05:53:50.641-07:00Comments on With new eyes: Jesus in Genesis 15Wesley Rostollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14110189635576168594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357262844016295998.post-30344420992972849392017-12-02T01:24:32.683-08:002017-12-02T01:24:32.683-08:00Hi Eric, it's always good to hear from you. It...Hi Eric, it's always good to hear from you. It is not really a topic I have spent enough time on so I'm hesitant to speak on it with any real conviction. I am a fan of the Septuagint though and believe it to be a reliable source for the OT so I would say that at least 2 centuries before Christ it was all written. <br /><br />I tend to side with the historical and literal readings mostly except when there is good reason not too. I am seeing more and more though that the Jewish way of thinking (and writing) was very different to the Westernized ways we are used to so I try to focus on the message being conveyed in the stories more than dwell too much on whether the events actually happened or not. For example, Genesis 1 - 3 could very well have been a subversive response to some of the older beginnings stories already in circulation. I think the chiastic structure emphasizes the points that the author(s) wanted us to take away from the narrative and to recognize the contrasts between 'their' version of creation as opposed to others that were out there. Wesley Rostollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110189635576168594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357262844016295998.post-47799274772281058752017-11-29T12:47:23.057-08:002017-11-29T12:47:23.057-08:00Hi Wesley, how do you assess the historicity of th...Hi Wesley, how do you assess the historicity of the OT, and when do you believe it was written? If conventional scholarly conclusions are followed, than it is likely that much of the stories of Abraham are legendary, passed down orally, modified, and only written down in the first millennium. More "faithful" Christian and Jewish scholars would disagree of course. Where do you sit on all of that?unkleEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207729664951716799noreply@blogger.com