This one is really a no-brainer. When Pliny the Elder dies during the Pompeii event, things do shine in a different light.
In the case of the Old Testament we simply need to follow the technology. What technological achievements do we have in there? These two:
The Oldest Bible Source: The RealityWhat is the oldest source of the Bible? The answer is - The Codex Vaticanus. We have been through this before. The narrative can date (good luck verifying) documents to whatever time it wants, while the reality remains... we are stuck on this mysterious 15th century. Some unknown individuals were maintaining things to be discovered some time after 1400.
When did people start building ships based on these instructions? The answer would be - 15th century. In other words at least 2,500 years after this alleged tech was out.
Why I think the fired brick technology belongs to approximately 15th century you can see here:
KD: This is just a hypothesis I'm working on. Not expecting people to agree, but debating issues like this could probably propel us forward. I do think that whoever wrote the text knew the above technology, and that technology have only become available at a certain time.
Based on what you've read on this site, you could play with dates pertaining to the New Testament.
Also consider the following:
In the case of the Old Testament we simply need to follow the technology. What technological achievements do we have in there? These two:
- The Noah's Ark
- The Tower of Babel
The Old Testament
The Old Testament is the original Hebrew Bible, the sacred scriptures of the Jewish faith, written at different times between about 1200 and 165 BC. The New Testament books were written by Christians in the first century AD.
The Oldest Bible Source: The Reality
- Dated: 4th Century AD
- Located: 15th Century AD
The Noah's Ark
Somebody with the sufficient knowledge of shipbuilding put the following multi-deck vessel instructions on paper:- So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
- This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.
- Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.
The end result ends up looking something like this
And our contemporary re-creation...
KD: Some 3,000 years ago the instructions for this monstrosity were written down. Allegedly the God himself provided the instructions. This is often the reason the knowledge is being explained. Kind of... God knows everything. Somehow, in this case his knowledge was limited with the 15th century ship structure. The God did not mention any GPS's and gave no instructions for a Steam Engine.
And our contemporary re-creation...
When did people start building ships based on these instructions? The answer would be - 15th century. In other words at least 2,500 years after this alleged tech was out.
- The only conclusion I can make would be two-fold:
- People were idiots for 2,500 years, had the instructions, but only started building similar stuff in 1400's.
- People were not idiots, and whoever included the instructions in the Old Testament used the known shipbuilding technique.
The Tower of Babel
The same applies for the one of the most legendary buildings in the World. What instructions were provided for the building guilty of this world's peoples speaking different languages.- And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar
- And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower
Why I think the fired brick technology belongs to approximately 15th century you can see here:
KD: This is just a hypothesis I'm working on. Not expecting people to agree, but debating issues like this could probably propel us forward. I do think that whoever wrote the text knew the above technology, and that technology have only become available at a certain time.
Based on what you've read on this site, you could play with dates pertaining to the New Testament.
Also consider the following:
- Why do we think that the Old Testament has anything to do with the Old Testament. As in, why do we not see that they are not really related to each other, and do not belong in the same book.
