Re: [asa] JDEP

I agree with George. Another example: only slightly more sophistication
is needed to appreciate that Genesis 1 fits in better with the Exile
than with the Exodus while with Genesis 2 the reverse holds
Don

 George Murphy wrote:

> The case for different sources of the Pentateuch (whether or not
> called JEDP) doesn't really have rely on very sophisticated
> arguments. I don't know about anyone else but as soon as I took
> seriously the possibility of different sources, the fact that there
> are different versions of the same basic account simply jumped out at
> me. E.g., can anyone miss the 3 different stories of the patriarch
> saying that his wife is his sister - 2 of them with a king in Gerar
> named Abimelech?
>
> Shalom
> George
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/ <http://web.raex.com/%7Egmurphy/>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* David Campbell <mailto:pleuronaia@gmail.com>
> *To:* ASA <mailto:asa@calvin.edu>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 01, 2006 7:18 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [asa] JDEP
>
> JDEP and some other approaches that impose later than traditional
> dates onto Biblical passages often involve assumptions about
> progressive social or religious evolution. Although such views
> were commonly presented as part of evolutionary biology at least
> into the 1930's and even today often claim to be supported by
> evolutionary biology ( e.g., claims of Marxists), in fact they are
> contrary to a current understanding of biological evolution.
> There's nothing about biological evolution that says that
> Israelites could not have had a particular theological view before
> 500 BC or that semi-nomadic people couldn't have a king, etc.
>
> --
> Dr. David Campbell
> 425 Scientific Collections
> University of Alabama
> "I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
>

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