{"product_id":"the-yahwist-reformation-hypothesis-3-damascus-to-egypt-the-yahwist-reformation-hypothesis-3","title":"The Yahwist Reformation Hypothesis-3 Damascus to Egypt: The Yahwist Reformation Hypothesis, #3","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou and I are here in Damascus because we're following the biblical character Jacob who is on the run from his brother Esau\/Edom the Red.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJacob may represent the patriarch\/hero of my proposed Yahwist reformers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdom the Red may represent Herod the Great.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth pairs of characters have a claim to the biblical Promised Land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGod notions are always promising political Promised Lands to humans down here on the floor of the Dome of Heaven. The God notions of Sargon, Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander and others made good on their promises. The Yahweh deity of the biblical writings never quite did, but biblical characters like Jesus still lived in hope … and certain people still live in hope today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe biblical writings are political writings, and political writings are often full of defamatory political propaganda aimed at opponents and exaggerated claims made for the heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiblical propaganda is just a little different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn our excursion from Damascus to Egypt we'll see how the propagandist writers and re-writers and re-re-writers have once again buttered both sides of their unleavened bread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then we'll pause once again to ponder who the propagandists and the re-propagandists and the-re-re-propagandists may have been, and why certain people today still tweak the biblical writings to have scripture as written fit belief as held.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46716486287570,"sku":"6fe7be40-fca9-3e0f-b05d-420e39e5d475","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_8e129a67-1902-4efc-9bb8-755321a99fcb.jpg?v=1771686326","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/the-yahwist-reformation-hypothesis-3-damascus-to-egypt-the-yahwist-reformation-hypothesis-3","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}