There is no point in me posting anything.
The point is to substantiate what you are claiming with reputable sources. It should be easy, if it is as you say. If you want my side, read Harrison, Archer, or any other OT Intro for starters.
If you can read hebrew like you claim...what would be the point.
The point is that being able to read Hebrew means that one can see through your posts. No one ever says that Hebrew poetry rhymes. That was a dead giveaway that you don’t know what you are talking about. Furthermore, in Hebrew, poetry is much harder to read than narrative is. The language is different, the structure is different, etc. If you can actually read Hebrew, you know that.
I have nothing in common with someone who claims the equivalent of "the sky isn't blue" or "water isn't wet".
Me either, so we have that in common. But no one here has claimed that, unless it is you.
We can't be worshipping the same Jesus either.
Perhaps not. I don’t really know. I worship the Jesus who is God, who came in human flesh to die for sin, who rose from the dead, and who is returning to redeem his people.
There’s not really much of an argument here. You have yet to produce any evidence for your position. I suspect you are backing out because you can’t. It is easier to run than to admit you can’t give us names of people to read.
I am here to help and assist and support.
Then help by giving names. I am an OT PhD student. I want to know who believes this so I can study it. Today, I emailed and asked an OT ThD who has been teaching for almost thirty years if he knew of anyone who said that the Torah was primarily poetic. He responded with one word: No. Now, what do you know that an OT ThD with thirty years of teaching and study and writing doesn’t know? Why can’t you give us these names?
You may not claim to be a fundamentalist.
Who said anything about fundamentalism. Whether I am or not in your definition is hard to tell because I don't know what you think a fundamentalist is. But the Bible is not a game that we play. The Bible is the foundation of our faith and if that foundation is other than what it claims to be, then we have problems.
..but if it quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, and smells like a duck...it is probably a duck.
This is about the OT, particularly the Torah. So deal with the issues.
Just cite the authors of works who claim that the Torah is primarily poetic. It’s easy. You can prove that there are some, and we can read them and see what they say.
Why not just do that?
