Wednesday, January 7, 2009

My Historicity Studies

For the last 4-5 years I have taken an interest on researching and studying the Historicity of the Bible.

What is that? The Bible and other scriptures have been edited and re-edited several hundred times. Why? Because while the origina scriptures where written in Aramaic and Ancient Hebrew, when it came time to "evangelize" a new sector of the civilization, one person or a group of people, would translate/interpret the scriptures in the necesary language.

Here is where the problem begins, a word in Spanish (for example) may have more than one meaning or translation in English, French, German ect....

When the so-called translation was done, the author/translator had to sometimes interpret or adjust words or phrases in order to try to be accurate with the original manuscript.

We also have to take into consideration the fact the Aramaic has been a dead language since the time of Christ. Actually, as part of the suppresion of religion in those times. Aramaic was prohibited for about 100 years. Therefore, what we have are transcriptions of oral tradition that was almost lost over 2000 years ago.

I research and study evidentiary material regarding this issues and some other conflicting events and traditions that may or may not have to do with the Bible.

This year I plan to delve myself more into my studies, I have been lacking desire and purpose to do so, but I know that my studies and sacrifices will pay eventually.

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