“I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.” Albert Einstein
Introduction
Don’t think for a moment that I carefully read the exact text of the books of the Old Testament. I used YouTube. Unless you take a bible class, no one actually reads the bible anymore, at least with a critical mind. Chat GPT reports only 11% of Americans read the entire Bible. But, with the rise in Christian nationalism today, including putting the bible in our public schools, beware, it could be cruelly mandated. Let this be a study guide for us and for our beleaguered schools.
The Old Testament is the sacred resource for Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Always keep this in mind and you see how divergently it can be interpreted.
My selected books of the Old Testament will start with a brief synopsis of the events and people in the book, followed by a rewrite relative to the 21st century. It includes archaeological findings.
I wish I could say I had a mystical experience related to this project, but I did not. I am just nagged by some of the historical claims that are verboten to question. Also, The writers forgot to include the feminine and minority view points. They were not so woke. Same as it ever was.
References
References: The Bible Unearthed, archaeology’s New Vision of the Ancient Israel and the Origin of its Sacred Texts, by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, 2001
YouTube: https://youtu.be/cW-LV84c_O8