Posted by Guest (Post 469626)

Katz, What we refer to as The Old Testament, The Tanach, has been extensively modified by the Christian Church particularly the Protestant Churches. These modifications extend to the books included, the order of the books and the content. Even the ten commandments have been modified.

If you want to understand some of this, I suggest 'Understanding Judaism - The Basics of Creed and Deed' by Rabbi Benjamin Blech. This book compares and contrasts Jewish and Christian beliefs and the reasons behind them. It is also important to remember that the Tanach (Old Testament) is not a stand-alone document, but rather a part of the Talmud and can only be understood when taken in context.

Posted by Guest (Post 469688)

WOW! Thanks, I didn't know that! I will definitely get the book! I do have one question for you...I have a Strong's Concordance, which claims to have the original Greek and Hebrew words and meanings for the entire Christian Bible. Have you heard of it or ever checked it out for accuracy?

Posted by Guest (Post 470024)

Strong's exhaustive concordance is a cross-reference attempting to more clearly indicate the meanings of the words based on common usage of the time. It doesn't try to give meaning or idiom to the words as used in the bible but just their usage when the bible was 'written'. Of course written is never truly accurate since the original text had already gone though a lot of oral variation before ever being actually written down.

Posted by Guest (Post 470148)

I could be wrong, but I have always thought that if the Guy who created the Universe and everything that is in it would be all powerful. That would probably mean that whatever He wanted preserved in His Book, He would make sure that it was preserved. I mean, He IS GOD!

Posted by Guest (Post 470218)

I would be nice to give Wikipedia some credit for all the words you took from them with no accreditation.