Your perspective on these revelations for you are interesting. I hope many people read/hear this. We learned of these ideas and the literatures/stories while studying the Bible. I was hard to deal with in the beginning because of the traditional Bible teaching that I grew-up with. It's actually liberating to realise that the Bible/OT is not exactly unique and literal. Your article reminded me of my days at Theo College. Thank you
It is called the “Perennial Wisdom” and it requires us to give up the notion of truth as “facts”. Perhaps it was the purpose of your Bible to bring you to this realization
Okay, but what is so cool about that discovery about the Legend of Sargon to me is that you can see how God set Moses up to be a culturally relevant "hero" at the time. Like, God was aware of the cultural context and He was speaking into it, using imagery that not only would the people of Israel understand, but the surrounding nations. To me, the cultural context just makes the Scriptures and God that much more amazing. Because you see God condescending to humanity and speaking our language. It's beautiful.
It can be disconcerting when you take a literalist view of the Bible and then realise that the genre that each book is written in effects the factual veracity of the writing. That doesn't take away from the truths contained in each book but it helps bring a more balanced, mature approach to this amazing collection of writings. I'm actually encouraged when I come across similar stories in other cultures as I feel it validates rather than disproves the Biblical account. We always need to remember that the bible is the story of God's interaction with ALL of humanity told from the perspective of one race. Love your writing, keep it up!
Your perspective on these revelations for you are interesting. I hope many people read/hear this. We learned of these ideas and the literatures/stories while studying the Bible. I was hard to deal with in the beginning because of the traditional Bible teaching that I grew-up with. It's actually liberating to realise that the Bible/OT is not exactly unique and literal. Your article reminded me of my days at Theo College. Thank you
It is called the “Perennial Wisdom” and it requires us to give up the notion of truth as “facts”. Perhaps it was the purpose of your Bible to bring you to this realization
Okay, but what is so cool about that discovery about the Legend of Sargon to me is that you can see how God set Moses up to be a culturally relevant "hero" at the time. Like, God was aware of the cultural context and He was speaking into it, using imagery that not only would the people of Israel understand, but the surrounding nations. To me, the cultural context just makes the Scriptures and God that much more amazing. Because you see God condescending to humanity and speaking our language. It's beautiful.
It can be disconcerting when you take a literalist view of the Bible and then realise that the genre that each book is written in effects the factual veracity of the writing. That doesn't take away from the truths contained in each book but it helps bring a more balanced, mature approach to this amazing collection of writings. I'm actually encouraged when I come across similar stories in other cultures as I feel it validates rather than disproves the Biblical account. We always need to remember that the bible is the story of God's interaction with ALL of humanity told from the perspective of one race. Love your writing, keep it up!