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    We as humans have come a long way. There have been tremendous and wonderful advances in pretty much every area of human endeavor. The biblical authors would be in for quite the shock if they were exposed to our "new world", as they were part of the "old world".

    My question is, to what extent was the "old world" reflected in the Biblical text? Is there any critical information/(world)views in the biblical text that we should consider outmoded and strictly relegated to the "old world"?
    Last edited by Scrawly; 04-24-2015, 04:31 PM.

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    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Scrawly View Post
      We as humans have come a long way. There have been tremendous and wonderful advances in pretty much every area of human endeavor. The biblical authors would be in for quite the shock if they were exposed to our "new world", as they were part of the "old world".

      My question is, to what extent was the "old world" reflected in the Biblical text? Is there any critical information/(world)views in the biblical text that we should consider outmoded and strictly relegated to the "old world"?
      I originally wrote sin, until I saw you had written views and information, and not merely something belonging to the old world. Definitely sin is outdated, we ought to be way past it. Old habits die hard.

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        There are references to the "evil eye" within the Bible, and I think most people would put that as part of the "old world". Bruce Malina expands on this in great detail in one of his books I had to read last semester.
        "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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          Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
          There are references to the "evil eye" within the Bible, and I think most people would put that as part of the "old world". Bruce Malina expands on this in great detail in one of his books I had to read last semester.
          What's the scripture reference for the "evil eye"?

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            How about the 3-tiered cosmos?

            "Wayne Horowitz has chronicled Mesopotamian texts that illustrate this multi-leveled universe among the successive civilizations of Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. The heavens above were further subdivided into “the heaven of Anu (or chief god)” at the very top, the “middle heavens” below him and the sky. In the middle was the earth’s surface, and below that was the third level that was further divided into the waters of the abyss and the underworld.

            Let’s take a look at the Scriptures that appear to reinforce this three-tiered universe so different from our modern understanding of expanding galaxies of warped space-time, where the notion of heaven and hell are without physical location. Though the focus of this essay will be on Old Testament context, I want to start with the New Testament to make the point that their cosmography did not necessarily change with the change of Old to New Covenants. (See Phil. 2:10, Rev. 5:3, 13,,Ex. 20:4, Matt. 11:23)".


            Source: http://biologos.org/blog/mesopotamia...e-bible-part-3

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