Lydia Nickerson wrote: > The books don't exist by themselves, they were written by human > beings, often for somewhat venal reasons. Was it Jeremiah that was > written to justify the new line of kings and the changes in the > religious structure? Joshua and Judges were written to prove that > the Israelites were entitled to the land they'd stolen from the > Canaanites. The Gospels were written as propaganda to prove that > Christ was the Messiah, and tell several flat out whoppers to > accomplish that. Yes, and most often this stuff was written _after_ the fact, particularly the NT. Most of which was written, when, ca 100 AD? -- Frank Mayhar frank at exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/