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the mythic premises of a religion are systematized, beneath the stern and intelligent eyes of an orthodox dogmatism, into a fixed sum of historical events;
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
Long after the Iron Age, in the Middle Ages, the Celtic tales themselves were committed to paper (or, possibly, to vellum) in the form of the Irish and Welsh myths. An oral tradition became preserved in written form. The earliest manuscripts of the Ulster Cycle and the Mabinogion date to between the eighth and fourteenth century AD, and were writte
... See moreAlice Roberts • The Celts: Search for a Civilization
while the Bible, which is in part derived from them, represents the Truth inspired by “God.”
Mauro Biglino • Gods of the Bible
The word Bible originally meant “book,” but the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Old Testament is not one book but many, an anthology of ancient Israelite and early Jewish religious writings. Different religious communities have different versions of this anthology, as well as different names for it. Jews and Protestant Christians have the same conten
... See moreMichael Coogan • The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Moses is to act as a mediator between the people and the Elohim; – he shall represent the people’s interests before the Elohim; – shall transmit to the people the laws and ordinances; – shall select from among the people righteous men who fear the Elohim and appoint them leaders of groups of various sizes (thousands, hundreds, the fifties, and tens
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