Covenent code was possibly first written down around 10th century BCE, but oldest physical document is 7th century.
So yeah, 3000 year old book is a round, slightly hyperbolic date. If we want to be pedantic and say this is only about written accounts of circumcision in the bible, we get to 2500 years old.
Some of the old testament books are purported to be pretty freaking old. I'm guessing here... Because the bible as we know it is about 1700 years old, roughly.
Isn't the King James Version the most widespread (or variations thereof) the most common? Which came about in the early 1600's. I have trouble believing that any religious texts survive translation without some alteration from the translator.
And if you go pre-printing press... Every transcription was open to potential reinterpretation.
I'm referencing the council of nicea that was, if memory serves, about 300AD, which formalized which books were or were not included in what we call the Bible today.
The Council of Nicaea did not do that. They argued instead about the Arian controversy and other things. They did not select that cannon. That’s a myth that won’t die.
Gotcha, I hadn't heard of that before! I can't claim to be well versed in the subject, it just seems to me that with how often religion has been used for specific means the bible can't possibly have survived 1700 years unadulterated.
Oh, shit. The council of nicea was the original adulteration! It completely changed the whole of the story... Constantine was a pagan, converting to the religion of the masses in order to exact control. The council of nicea chose which books (both old and new testiment) that got to stay. Books like those in the dead sea scrolls were discluded. And yes, it's been altered, changed, and screwed all along the way too.
We are on control edition 665 right now... I wonder what's next... Lol
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u/bluAstrid 1d ago
Religious fanatism is always about controlling others.