On 04-01-09, ROSS SAUER said to ED HULETT:


RS>The Talmud, (which is loosely called the "Old Testament" by
Christians,)


No....it isn't, stupid! That which you refer to is `the Pentateuch'...which
consists of the first five books of the old testament:


Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronony


RS>has at least one book supposedly of history, yet archaelogical work shows
RS>the book of Exodus to be an almost complete fabrication.


The `Talmud' is something entirely different. It is a written form of
Rabbinical discussions pertaining to Jewish law and custom.


RS>One example: The "Battle of Jericho."


The Talmud has nothing whatever to do with `the Battle of Jericho'.


RS>Archaeological explorations of the Jericho site indicate that the "Mighty
RS>City of Jericho" had already fell into ruin, by the time Joshua got to it.
RS>Earthquakes have a tendency to do that.


Jericho is one of the oldest cities in the world, with habitation of it dating
back over 9000 years ago.


It came under many and varied rulers.


RS>But among the faithful, who is going to admit to having been lied to?


As for the Battle of Jericho, which the bible relates that involves Joshua,
your `archeological exploration' info is probably just about as accurate as
your knowledge of what the `Talmud' is, and what constitutes the `Pentateuch';
wide-gapped, fragmented, and faulty.


You really need to get a clue sometime soon.





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