From: RFaussette@aol.com
Date: Wed Dec 18 2002 - 08:19:47 EST
In a message dated 12/18/02 12:37:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,
jeisele@starpower.net writes:
> In that vein, we all know that the Bible is unhistorical. If there are any
> out there who feel otherwise, they have failed to make their
> case.
>
>
I don't know what you mean by unhistorical. For example, the Tower of Babel
story. It is most probably a generic allegory for a war tactic that was
employed in ancient times. It was employed by the Assyrian Tiglath Pilaser
III in 738 BC against Israel. In The Jewish Historical Atlas it is written
that the Assyrians sought to obliterate national identities by way of
population transfer. I suggest the tower of babel story is an allegorical
rendition of this war tactic. Since it is a real tactic, it is not
ahistorical but since it is not referring to a specific engagement you might
say it is unhistorical, but that would tend to obscure the real intent of the
story which is a generic one to elucidate a very real war tactic of ancient
times.
rich
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