I was very intrigued by the reference of Isis as the virgin Mary. I have seen reference to Mary conceiving in Egypt art so have wondered about that subject. I am glad to see it in this course. I am also glad to learn of Horus as possibly Jesus and it makes sense. I hope that Amen is covered also in later lessons I am excited to learn more.
Rose Henderson
Sent from Outlook
While there are many efforts to control the quality and accuracy of bible printings, it is occasionally found that a word may be misplaced or a grammatical change made that could affect the meanings contained within. however very few of these minor changes exist or have significantly impacted the meanings of scripture. The methodology of the transcribing of a kosher Sefer Torah, is however far superior to efforts made on bible transcription and publication.
While bible transcription and quality control methods seem quite effective, they certainly lack the oral and material tradition efforts of producing a kosher Sefer Torah. The passing of tradition and knowledge are key to the fundamental effort in reproducing these scrolls. The bible transcriptions and publication efforts definitely lack this living knowledge and effort at scribing excellence, and further lack focus on tradition. The focus on keeping the traditions and character of the torah alive, could be effectively maintained (as in the past) for thousands of years. However, the efforts of bible translations could be influenced differently through the will of the translator, referent changes through history, popularity of differing translations and lack of a stoic tradition could yield a loss of accuracy. Often the intent of the author- based on the interests, understanding, and will, or motivation of the editor/transcriber- can influence the effort of translation. There is some possibility of this issue in kosher Sefer Torah scrolls , however, due to living tradition and immersion of scribes and rabbis in the culture and knowledge it becomes far less likely.
3.3 response
The utilization of differing sources as referent material in analysis of history is a valid utility for establishing patterns and evaluation of theory. The utilization or excavations and artifacts as a supporting factor in evaluation of historical theories and is of vital importance. Those artifacts that include inscriptions and support theoretical assumptions about history provide a tangibility and cohesion to theories. Theories are not always supported in tangible artifact however, but this does not diminish the utilization of historical writings of differing sources as a supporting evidence. Utilizing cultural referent, artifact, and hermeneutics of writing often lends credibility to further the claims of authors . As with everything in scientific discovery , especially historical discovery, there can always exist missing pieces, but the more pieces that can be evaluated and added to the historical record the more significant the validity of the theory.
The understanding of writing based in other referent, and an immersed social-cultural and personal referent often more accurately defines the characteristics and motivation of the author. These tend to add credibility to the details, however these things are more difficult to ascertain and apply to theory. The understanding of these features of writings(hermeneutics) often depend upon artifact and excavation of relics and living areas for accurate knowledge. However, lacking artifact does not diminish the writings as a point of reference, the discover of artifacts more enhances the writing and subsequently yields a more accurate picture with stronger tangible evidence.
