Original dates? Dont you know there are debates about the original date of the TORAH itself? Some say that it wasnt put together till King Josiah reigned on earth. Ya get it? Theres not much we can do to verify alot of things thats why its BEST if we are led in the Spirit. Didnt "Jesus" say that he would send a "spirit of Truth" after he left?Why would this be necessary when we would have the Torah and his words right in front of us?
Wait... So they gave the Egyptians a more detailed version of their stories and kept the watered down version for themselves?
I think the thing that resonated most with me, was that the book of Jasher included EMOTIONS of people. We all think that Abraham as some robot that simply did everything according to the book but we see that he had emotions. He wept when he was on his way to "sacrifice" Isaac. It was a test from Satan (the angel of the "Lord" in our modern bibles) to even do that sacrifice. Why would they put that in the Egyptian version, then keep the atered down version for themselves?
No one can be sure that the modern day bibles are 100% accurate either. Because all we have is copies. The originals are hidden. Take for instance, Italy going to Ethiopia and running off with their scriptures
Do you understand that there are NO originals of the Torah? All we have is copies of anything lol So without having the originals of ANY piece of scripture, its a crapshoot of whether they're telling the truth or not.Thats being real. It aint being real when you pretend as if the bible is based on original copies that we can go and compare them to today....
Here's a thought though. Adam and Eve are created in the Ubaid period.
There were already village settlements as far as North Turkey and South Iraq compared to where the "garden of eden" is thought to be.
When the book of Japher was given to Ptolemy, he questioned it and knew it really wasn't the complete Old Testament.
I never said that copy was circulated in Egypt BUT we really don't know which version of that book was in that man's hand.
We honestly do not know which version is correct. There are 5 going around. Each were translated in different languages.
Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Spanish and English. Each are different, and it doesnt help that the English version was translated from old withered Hebrew scrolls.
Who knows what the book of Japher truly taught when it was mentioned in Joshua and Samuel... but we do know it was written down long after being first mentioned in the bible.
If the book of Jasher includes emotions, is it possible that it was put together just to force feed the original 5 books of the Old Testament and make it more coherent bc it includes emotion and more detail?
Something to think about.
It also tried to teach the sons of Judah their purpose and correct lifestyle.
Modern day bibles aren't 100% accurate. The word Bible comes from a Greek word.
Right there is a red flag.
I can sit here and say that the dead sea scrolls are false and rewritten, but they were compared to scrolls found at the second destroyed temple in 70ad.
The new testament didnt exist in 70 AD.
The problem we are having is our doubt of the NEW testament is making us doubt the OLD testament.
And I honestly think that we still do have versions of the TORAH that Jesus read. It exists. He technically was walking around earth only 2000 years ago reading the Torah in Hebrew and Aramaic.
The rest of the books in the Old Testament too, but we can't put the Old testament and the New testament on the same page. no pun.
So much has happened in translation since Jesus died.
And if the Old Testament was truly messed with, I think the Rabbi's wouldve omitted the references to Jesus as the Messiah in it.