So the large takeaway is that people in further back ancient Israel were more literate than originally thought, opening up the prospect that the Bible could easily have been written earlier than what some scholars speculated. Correct?
New Evidence on When Bible Was Written
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#12> literacy may have been far more widespread than previously known in the Holy Land around 600 B.C., toward the end of the First Temple period. Interesting correlation to the Book of Mormon, which originates ~600 BC in Jerusalem. In fact, page 1, verse 2 says: > 2 Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians. And further discusses how…
https://twitter.com/mholt6/status/720086233754370048 https://twitter.com/mholt6/status/720104906724663296 Stay classy, Matt.
Nobody was commenting with reasons for the down votes. What's classy about that?
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#13> literacy may have been far more widespread than previously known in the Holy Land around 600 B.C., toward the end of the First Temple period. Interesting correlation to the Book of Mormon, which originates ~600 BC in Jerusalem. In fact, page 1, verse 2 says: > 2 Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians. And further discusses how…
> Interesting correlation to the Book of Mormon, which originates ~600 BC in Jerusalem. The Book of Mormon was written in 1830. Am I missing something here?
It was translated then. The text began in 600 BC.
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#14It seems as though, in some online communities, the discussion about faith and purpose has begun to evolve beyond some variation of "OMG you believe XYZ? That is proven completely false by ABC - Lolz".
I won't hold my breath but increased meaningful discussion can only be a good thing.
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#15No real substance to add to this discussion, but I love it when these kind of studies come out. By the reaction of the relevant parties you can see who accepts humility and science.
> By the reaction of the relevant parties you can see who accepts humility and science.
Guilty as charged...so take my bias with a grain of salt...but this article really doesn't present any science to support the title or claim.
It basically makes a bunch of assumptions about literacy levels and some how makes a massive leap to when the bible was actually written down in it's present form.
The lack of evidence has never been proof of something not existing.
The author writes... One of the longstanding arguments for why the main body of biblical literature was not written down in anything like its present form until after the destruction and exile of 586 B.C. is that before then there was not enough literacy or enough scribes to support such a huge undertaking.
It's hardly science, and I wonder if your bias is also prevalent in your post.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not clear to me if you're a joking or not but the book of mormon was published in March 1830 AD.
I'm not joking. You know there are academics who study this for a living, right? http://mi.byu.edu/ - see especially the works of Terryl Givens, John Sorenson, Hugh Nibley, Richard Bushman, Grant Hardy... I never said it was published 600 BC. It was indeed published in 1830, but story within it originates ~600 BC. Very different things.
Any scholars who aren't directly affiliated with the Mormon church who would corroborate these claims?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Interesting correlation to the Book of Mormon, which originates ~600 BC in Jerusalem. The Book of Mormon was written in 1830. Am I missing something here?
It certainly was published in 1830. The account within it originates ~600 BC.
Please provide some credible evidence accepted by mainstream archaeologists and scholars backing that up.
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#18So the large takeaway is that people in further back ancient Israel were more literate than originally thought, opening up the prospect that the Bible could easily have been written earlier than what some scholars speculated. Correct?
Correct.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
It certainly was published in 1830. The account within it originates ~600 BC.
Please provide some credible evidence accepted by mainstream archaeologists and scholars backing that up.
> Please provide some credible evidence accepted by mainstream archaeologists and scholars backing that up.
Backing up that it was published in 1830? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Mormon#/media/File:The....
And that the account within it originates ~600 BC? See page 1 of the text.