From: buzzard554@fastmail.co.uk   
      
   On 9/4/2018 7:53 PM, Oh so rich & successful JTEM wrote:   
   > Martin Edwards wrote:   
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   >> So is there any factual basis for the Abraham story, or is it just a   
   >> myth of origin?   
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   > What's so utterly fascinating about the story of   
   > Abraham is that it all takes place long before it   
   > possibly could have. Money wasn't invented yet,   
   > there were no more than a half dozen or so CLAIMED   
   > depictions of camels found from Anatolia to Egypt,   
   > ruling out the descriptions in the Abraham story   
   > and he seems to pre date the bible or monotheism.   
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   > Massive contradictions.   
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   > Look. The life/culture of Abraham simply did not   
   > exist during the period he is attributed to.   
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   > Period.   
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   > Abraham is an excellent example of back dating.   
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   > http://jtem.tumblr.com/post/177612991807   
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   One history of Israel finesses it by saying that they were really donkey   
   nomads and an error crept in later.   
      
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