Is there something wrong with the idea that Genesis was written to be understood primarily by the ancient Israelites, in that specific context?
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How do you know Genesis was meant to be understood from a modern POV?
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For starters, there were no Israelites in the beginning or for the first 23 generations of human history thereafter.
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And because it was written by Moses, it wasn't for those 23 generations of non-Isrealites. So their existence or not doesn't really matter because the Torah wasn't for them, i was for the Isrealites. So, because of when it was written, who it was written by, and who it was written to, why can't it be meant for them?
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I sit corrected. My imperfect knowledge of the timeframes of the Patriarchs made me think Jacob came after Moses while I was sure he came after Eber.
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Oh dear, that just inspired a terrible pun: Was the Virgin Birth a Mis-Conception?
(I can't believe it took me three hours to come up with this painful pun but...)
No. Since an unmarried woman has a particular title it would have been a Miss Conception.
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In all likelihood Moses acted as the compiler/editor of various written and oral records, not all of which would have been produced by the Israelites.
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You are Israelite because of your ancestry, not because of your geography.
Furthermore, if the Bible was meant only for the Israelites, why has God allowed it to be translated into so many different languages for propagation around the world?
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Groan.(I can't believe it took me three hours to come up with this painful pun but...)
No. Since an unmarried woman has a particular title it would have been a Miss Conception.
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Hang on mate. I never said that the Bible was meant only for the Israelites.
I think Genesis was written in a way that primarily catered for the ancient Israelites, not modern day sensibilities. Genesis needs to be understood in the Middle Eastern context of its day, and not through our modern POV. Because the historical aspects of Genesis simply wasn't meant for us, although we can still appreciate its spiritual truths.
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The question is, should every culture in the history of man read the bible as if it was written for their culture personally? Or should we assume it was written for the ancient Israelites to address issues in their specific culture, and interpolate the meanings to give it validity to our unique cultural issues?
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