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Episode 5 continues the study of the Canon of the Bible. That concept “canon” is a term to describe what is and what is not officially part of X thing, such as “the Shakespeare canon” or “the Star Wars canon.” Others may write or contribute things if they wish (so, like fan fiction), but those…
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In episode 4 we will examine first the concept of the canon and then we will investigate what the process was by Jewish thinkers to establish the canonical writings for their Scriptures. The Christians do, later, have their own impression about these books, but as we shall see, in large measure the Christians simply followed…
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In this episode we apply those same rules or tools for history to the Bible. The Bible, as I have already explained, is a collection (a library) of 66 ancient manuscripts. That collection is split into two parts. The first part is a presentation of the Jewish Holy writings, known to religious Jews as the…