The Hebrews had written language at the time of Moses who was educated in Egypt. Family records were kept during that time, mostly orally and passed down to the next generation. The priesthood college was around from the time of Aaron, and Temple scribes were from the time of Solomon 970 to 931 BCE. Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Hebrew_writings

NNS and Josephus, they may have had a written language but no records endorse this, look it up.

The English version of the Holy Bible, has lost its original form.

If Moses a definitive of Thutmose, was involved even the Jews do not believe he existed. Be realistic, archaeology of the remains of Solomon's temple or rather the houses or homes in the vicinity, prove that the future religion of Judaism were worshiping idols of ancient gods and goddesses. It wasn't until they returned from Babylon, that their history and Hebrew bible was written down. And the new temple built.

There is no doubt their doctrine and beliefs involve a sage called Moses, but he laid down 623 commandments that orthodox Jews have to follow, not just 10.

The Canaanites were not Jewish they had multiple Gods, but BAAL was not a negative child eating God, he was a God of the Storm, there were others too. Child sacrifice was not a common practice, although animal sacrifice was. And there is no evidence that this was done by the Canaanites.

I can tell you one thing that archaeologists have found out. Jericho was one of the oldest agrarian cultures, they were rich in comparison to surrounding towns being the first to indulge in crop culture. They also found that at one time, the nearby water source had undermined the walls. And at the time we think Joshua invaded, there was a earthquake too. But killing all the inhabitants because they were practicing child sacrifice, why didn't they save the women and children. Wake up. But they themselves were punished, they were rounded up by the Babylonians from whom they learnt lots about the Flood, and law, and religious practices, and returned eventually to build their temple and write down the Lore.

Believe what you will, but don't take the Holy Bible's both testaments as absolute gospel, especially the old testament.

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All religions maybe not Buddhism, have to reason for beginning and justify that the spiritual intent and guidance do follow a path that should enrich people. But psychologically it attempts to control and in someways the human race needs some moral guidance, we are an opportunistic and basically without any laws, religious or legal, with a central government handling our taxes for good of all. We would be savages, or some of us would without thinking of the consequences. We have evolved culturally. And so has religion.

Quoting and qualifying the authenticity of a Holy Bible, parts of it were meant for Jews or Judaism, has to be translated into modern terms.

It is contradictory. Eye for an Eye, Turn the other cheek, I think Jesus was trying to reform and modernize his Judaism that had slipped away from the chosen path. This is why he was crucified, and he will not return, he was a man and prophet, but his thoughts and deeds have survived. That is miraculous.

Israel had abandoned the book of the law for local gods as written up in Kings 600 BCE. So obviously the Book of the laws was composed much earlier note: 2 Kings 22:8 "Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary ...... Then Hilkiah, the chief priest, said to Shaphan the scribe, I have made discovery of the book of the law in the house of the Lord. ..."
Israel had written laws long before Kings was written 600 BCE.

Bush Bunny, since you've mentioned this before and keep repeating it, I'd like to know what archeology findings that discredit the bible. I'd like to see their findings for myself, or to see if their conclusions are based on history theories instead of findings from digs. Honestly I think many of your facts might not be so fact filled. But more theory and explaination then data. Hopefully there is data there too though.

The Flood did happen and this happened in many places after the last ice age finished. Evidence suggest the black sea broke over a land bridge between it and the Marmara Sea,(Around the Dardanelles) that was a fresh water lake at the time, it flooded. That area where it is likely Noah and his kind lived. Then broke through to the Mediterranean. But so much has been written, songs etc., They did have goats, and sheep, chickens, but not elephants and giraffes, maybe donkeys. It was natural to seek higher ground. But not Mt.Ararat. It was a volcano that erupted and buried a bronze age village, about 1600 BC they think.

This happened around 7,000- 6,000 years BC. Evidence suggests that living sites moved from lower regions to higher ones. Britain was also cut off from continental Europe, they have fished out Mammoth bones from the Channel. Same between Bering Streets, and USA. It would no doubt have been gradual, but not when the Black Sea broke its banks.

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