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> The Old Testament is history, genealogy, a system of laws for a specific
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> nation, a system of arbitration of disputes, building instructions for the
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> temple, a guide to hygiene and manners, music (now poetry), and “Instruction
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> in Wisdom”. It would be like if there was single book that had the
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> constitution, a record of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, the collected works of
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> Walt Whitman, the family tree of George Washington, the layout of The Mall in
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> DC, and the directions for running a session of congress. If we called the
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> book, “The Book Of AMERICA”, it wouldn’t mean you need to chop down a cherry
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> tree in order to be a citizen.
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> -- [Shamus Young][shamus bible]
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[shamus bible]: http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=12768&cpage=1#comment-231273
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2011-12-07 18:35:22 +01:00
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New Testament FAQ
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=================
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Insights and speculations from the perspective of Higher Criticism. I kinda lost
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track of many cool ideas and what the evidence for them is. So I wrote my own
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overview.
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# Who is Mark?
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## Mark is a Marcionite
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# Who is Matthew?
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# Who is Paul?
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