1 KiB
The Old Testament is history, genealogy, a system of laws for a specific nation, a system of arbitration of disputes, building instructions for the temple, a guide to hygiene and manners, music (now poetry), and “Instruction in Wisdom”. It would be like if there was single book that had the constitution, a record of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, the collected works of Walt Whitman, the family tree of George Washington, the layout of The Mall in DC, and the directions for running a session of congress. If we called the book, “The Book Of AMERICA”, it wouldn’t mean you need to chop down a cherry tree in order to be a citizen.
-- Shamus Young
New Testament FAQ
Insights and speculations from the perspective of Higher Criticism. I kinda lost track of many cool ideas and what the evidence for them is. So I wrote my own overview.