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ficino wrote:^^^^^^

Totally proves what the Bible says about David and Solomon.

No. It may, however, suggest that minimalism is a questionable proposition.

I found this interesting.

John T wrote:@Spin,

Thank you for your comments.
The more you trash the hard evidence and the scholars who have debunked your "willy-nilly" theory, the more people see you for who you are.

You appear to be projecting.

Your view of Lawrence Schiffman?

outhouse wrote:Now its better to understand why some scholars agree.

Thank you. Which scholars agree that the Star of Bethlehem was "probably" the 44 BCE Comet Caesar? Would you mind referencing your sources?

Three holy books.One for each religion: the Septuagint for Christians, the MT for Judaism and the Quran for Muslims; each religion is free to believe the holy writ without having to justify to the other religions and without the risk of causing offence. This seems to be an over-simplification. For ...

And you claim that the NJPS committee and Berlin and Sarna and Alter and … are all engaging in confessions of faith? What role, if any, do you see played by scholarship in fields such as archaeology and philology? Please , don't do that again: I haven't mention any committee , nor have I mentioned ...

Three holy books.One for each religion: the Septuagint for Christians, the MT for Judaism and the Quran for Muslims; each religion is free to believe the holy writ without having to justify to the other religions and without the risk of causing offence. This seems to be an over-simplification. For ...

Thank you, semiopen, I have used the JPS Study Bible for years , but I did not include it in my list because the Stone Edition is much the same . Bible translations are always confessional, ... I'm not sure what you mean by this. How would this apply to, for example, the new JPS or the work of Alte...

Thank you, semiopen, I have used the JPS Study Bible for years , but I did not include it in my list because the Stone Edition is much the same . Bible translations are always confessional, ... I'm not sure what you mean by this. How would this apply to, for example, the new JPS or the work of Alter?