Dr.GH
Posts: 2333 Joined: May 2002
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So, I get challenged on a minor YEC dominated site about some biblical sources.
I am told that I don't read the "right" books, so I have no idea what the Bible says. Mind you, I have read the Bible. And I have read thousands of pages about the Bible, particulary the Old Testament, and particularly those parts related the the creationist doctrine.
So that last month I have read;
Brown F., Driver S., Briggs C. 2007 (reprint from 1906) “Hebrew and English Lexicon: With an Appendex Containing the Biblical Aramaic: With Strong’s Numbering” Peabody Mass: Hendrickson Publishers (The Strong’s catalog #s was added by Hendrickson Publishers). (All the expository material)
Matthews, Victor H., Don C. Benjamin 2006 “Old Testament Parallels: Law and Stories from the Ancient Near East” New York: The Paulist Press.
Sparks, Kenton L. 2005 “Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible” Peabody PA: Hendrickson Publishers
Strong, James (author), revised and edited Kohlenberger, James R. III, Swanson, James A. 2001 edition (original 1894) “The Strongest Strong’s exhaustive concordance of the Bible (KJV) for the 21st Century” Grand Rapids: Zondervan. (All the expository material)
Walton, John H. 2006 “Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament” Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Press
While working through the books above, I had occasion to reread parts of
Dalley, Stephanie 2000 Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others. Revised Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cross, Frank Moore 1973 Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel. Boston: Harvard University Press
Dahood, Mitchell 1965 Psalms I, 1-50: Introduction, Translation and Notes New York: Anchor Bible- Doubleday
Speiser, E. A. 1962 "Genesis: Introduction, Translation and Notes" New York: Anchor Bible- Doubleday
Schmandt-Besserat, Denise 1992 Before Writing Volume I: From counting to cuneiform Austin: University of Texas Press
These are all excellent books.
Really. Almost. Well, Walton is a wussie. He hides from any hard questions about the Bible. Matthews and Benjamin give such short lumps of Ancient Near Eastern (AKA Syropalistine) texts that you must read Schmandt-Besserat, Dalley, as well as
Black, Jeremy, Anthony Green, Tessa Rickards (illustrator) 2003 "Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia" Austin: University of Texas Press
Blenkinsopp, Joseph 1992 The Pentateuch: An Introduction to the First Five Books of the Bible The Anchor Bible Reference Library New York: ABRL/Doubleday
Finkelstein, Israel, Neil Silberman 2001 The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts New York: The Free Press
Friedman, Richard Elliott 1987 Who Wrote the Bible? New York:Harper and Row (Paperback Edition)
Anyway a good start.
-------------- "Science is the horse that pulls the cart of philosophy."
L. Susskind, 2004 "SMOLIN VS. SUSSKIND: THE ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE"
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