Let's Look at the Major World Religions, Part 3 (TMF:319)

Thursday, January 14, 2016
Peace to Live By: Let's Look at the Major World Religions, Part 3 (TMF:319) - Daniel Litton
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       So, of the major world religions, this leaves us with the Jewish God. The first writings we have are from the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament, which were written approximately 1,500 B.C by Moses (who was the leader of the Israelites at the time). The oldest book in the Old Testament actually isn’t Genesis, which is the first book, but rather it is the Book of Job. The setting of Job is pre-flood. Now, even though nothing apparently was written down, or officially written down until 1,500 B.C., Job’s knowledge, throughout the book bearing his name, seems to indicate a knowledge about God beyond the norm. That is, things about God must have been passed down from the first people—Adam and Eve—to those who would live after them. The Torah gives us a good account of the creation of the world and mankind, as well as God’s strict guidelines by which he wanted his people to live by at the time.