/lit/ - Literature

>>3274647
Yes, He did.*

>>3274621
I don't claim to understand it all and no man will ever understand it all, but it doesn't contradict itself. The contradictions referenced are based off poor translations most of the time.

We are supposed to understand what G-d commands us to do, His Mizvot. However, there are certainly hidden truths that we will never understand.

>>3274607
Hmm? Well, the Tanakh was canonized by the Anshei Knesset HaGedolah over 2400 years ago.

>>3274593
Both. The Torah tells of historical events, but the only ones that matter and teach us a lesson.

>>3274582
Well, Psalms 19:8 for example.

>>3274556
The Torah is perfect. There's no need to be a prophet to know that.

>>3274489
That's brutal.

>>3274516
If you read the Torah in its original Hebrew alongside with some commentary than those contradictions become misunderstandings. I can't speak for the New Testament though.

>>3274500
That's the joke. You can't be this new, can you?

>>3274473
N-n-no he didn't.

>>3274441
The Tanakh is made up of Torah, Writings, and Prophets.

The Holy Bible is the "Old Testament and the New Testament," and depending on which branch, which books are included in the Old Testament can change. For example, Martin Luther thought the Tanakh was the Old Testament while the Catholic Church put in Maccabees (I think?). I guess there's also debate over what the New Testament is too depending on the branch.

The Quran is a complete rewrite of both "Old Testament" and "New Testament" in completely different wording. For example, Muslims think that Lot is a great man and I once asked to one particular Muslim, "If Lot is such a great guy, then how come he slept with his daughters?" The Muslim basically replied, "That's a lie created by Jews!"

>>3274404
Because it's the right religion. Prove me wrong. :)

>>3274372
Most definitely.

>>3274194
I read the entire canonized Bible, I don't know what you're talking about.

>>3274184
Outside of specific verses, no.

>>3274192
No, but it gets confusing when I say Old Testament because that means many things to different denominations.

I've read the Tanakh, yes.

>>3273570
You were expecting action scenes in a book? You do know that movie adaptions often focus primarily on highly intense fight scenes. You're new to books, I guess?

>>3271832
It's common knowledge just like how Newton invented gravity to keep the man down!

>>3271784
Those poems were also written tens of centuries later. Song of Songs is said to be written before or about the time of the Axial Age (though it was definitely canonized during the Axial Age).

I once that that too, but then I learned.

>>3271572
Um don't remove it, it'll um... cast a the shini curse on you. Yeah!

>>3271541
All yeshivas are equally good and bad according to what my friends have told me. One of my friends apparently went to a Yeshiva that sent out its students to collect money. They basically said something like, "We make that children's TV show that you like, gib monies plox."

And in that case, I'll just study in Kfar Ganim or somewhere. No clue yet.

>>3271531
Did you know that that poem is from a book that was almost thrown out of the canonization of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) because it was too sexual? That stuff gets steamy.

You seem a bit perplexed, maybe I can recommend you a guide?