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The issue of borrowing - did Moses copy Hammurabi?

It has long been realized that the similarities between some of the Mosaic legislation and the Law Code of Hammurabi are striking. Hammi's law is dated around 1720 b.c.--before the advent of Moses. There are those who suggest that the Law of Moses is actually a mild type of plagiarism (instead of a divinely-given law), and seek to assert substantia...

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Creation and the Flood

Some literary data against the hypothesis that the creation/flood accounts , the Mosaic law and other books of the OT were 'borrowed' from surrounding religious traditions [Old Testament Studies] [Answers & Evidence] [Bible History]...

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General Information about the Book of Genesis

Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament in the Bible, is so named because it opens with an account of the creation of the world. The first 11 chapters, which are heavily indebted to Mesopotamian tradition, trace the gradual expansion of humankind and the development of human culture. But they show the ambiguity of this development by incorpora...

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The Mosaic Law (was it borrowed?)

Mosaic authorship of Pentateuch? Some literary data against the hypothesis that the creation/flood accounts , the Mosaic law and other books of the OT were 'borrowed' from surrounding religious traditions [Old Testament Studies] [Answers & Evidence] [Bible History]...

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is thereProof that the Earth is 6000 years old?

Data in favour of the hypothesis that Genesis is a very old document (as old as it says it is.....) [Old Testament Studies] [Answers & Evidence] [Bible History]...

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Issue of Borrowing

One issue that typically arises in a study of the writing and transmission of the OT 'core' material, is that of 'borrowing'. This issue concerns to what extent the OT writers 'borrowed' ideas, theology, laws, religious practices from their 'pagan' neighbors, maybe even to the point of being dependent on those pagan ideas. There are those who claim...

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Hittite Treaty forms

The ANE (Ancient Near East) of the second millennium utilized a treaty form that has come to be called the Hittite vassal treaty. This treaty format had a VERY specific structure, with little or no variability in the order of those elements. It was pervasive in the ANE throughout the 2nd millennium, and an earlier form of it can be found in the 3rd...

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The Travelogues of the Book of Numbers

The Book of Numbers presents itself as a record of Israel's wanderings in the wilderness--from the Exodus to the preparation for entry at Jordan. One might question to what extent day-to-day record keeping was common on such journeys, esp. since most royal military campaigns ended up being inscribed on stone monuments. [Old Testament Studies] [Answ...

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The Making of the Old Testament

Data concerning HOW and TO WHAT EXTENT historical information passed down to Moses, the content originator of the first five books of the Bible. Note: The authorship of the first five books of the Bible is acribed to Moses by Jesus. This is BY FAR the most important reason to take traditional Mosaic authorship issues seriously. The antiquity and hi...

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Israel's knowledge of Canaanite practices BEFORE the exodus

What data do we have that helps us formulate an understanding of how Israel had 'access' to data about Canaan? [Old Testament Studies] [Answers & Evidence] [Bible History]...

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