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Originally posted by Chewbacca:
Here is an addition to by post just above. When I went back to edit it, the forum wouldn't load...
How can it (the bible) be totally consistent and error-free when the earliest tellings conflict with the later? I know the earlier tellings are a recent discovery in the last 100 years or so, so one cannot cast blame for knowledge lost.
Now that this knowledge has been rediscovered, it seems only logical that a fresh perspective must be considered to achieve a fair academic veiw of the ancient history described in the bible.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "earlist tellings" or "conflict". Can you give hard examples and elaborate? To my understanding the dead sea scrolls and other manuscripts found most recently substanciate and support the earlier findings.
If yu're refering to the Nag hammadi texts, these were Gnostic works. That notwithstanding, the Gospel of Thomas, though editted by a gnostic editor, still co-aligns with the other Gospels found in theology and details of events.