tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post6096176347817750087..comments2023-10-12T14:09:33.965-07:00Comments on The Biblia Hebraica Blog: Quest for the Historical Adam?Douglas Mangumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267532075493569019noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-33602699933892996112010-08-16T12:18:47.162-07:002010-08-16T12:18:47.162-07:00Doug: True, as with the parables in the gospels. A...<b>Doug</b>: True, as with the parables in the gospels. And, you make an important distinction between their existence and their existence as function within a narrative, one I failed to make in my comment.Jasonhttp://eisdoxan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-24627933108275343942010-08-16T06:29:31.262-07:002010-08-16T06:29:31.262-07:00Jason, so far Job and Jonah and maybe Esther are t...Jason, so far Job and Jonah and maybe Esther are the extent of characters that could well be entirely fictional with no real impact on the veracity of Scripture (in my mind anyway). But I'm not really denying their existence so much as focusing on the fact that their biblical existence seems to be primarily parable-like.Douglas Mangumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267532075493569019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-36128900825195218852010-08-15T21:25:26.280-07:002010-08-15T21:25:26.280-07:00I, too, agree that the bible was not written as a ...I, too, agree that the bible was not written as a science or history book. The question of the historicity of individuals in scripture, particularly in the OT and as with any record of persons and events, needs to be evaluated for each person/group individually. I don't have trouble believing in a historical Adam and Eve anymore than I don't have trouble believing in a historical Job or Jonah, but I am open to the possibility that they were not historical persons (I'd have more trouble denying the existence of A & E than Job or Jonah).Jasonhttp://eisdoxan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-81298378006616951512010-08-15T11:16:36.960-07:002010-08-15T11:16:36.960-07:00"I agree with him that "The Bible was no..."I agree with him that "The Bible was not written as a science and history book." I am completely in agreement with that. There's a really fascinating debate that I thought would be of interest on evolution vs. intelligent design going on at http://www.intelligentdesignfacts.comCammie Novarahttp://intelligentdesignfacts.comnoreply@blogger.com