[HN Gopher] Becoming a Religion of the Book: Scripture Before th...
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       Becoming a Religion of the Book: Scripture Before the Bible
        
       Author : diodorus
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2021-12-13 18:53 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | onecommentman wrote:
       | "Judaism only became a "religion of the book"--that is, one whose
       | core entailed the study of sacred texts--following the
       | destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70."
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       | So the Torah itself could be seen as the Third Temple, or the
       | true First Temple rebuilt, manifested in a form that could never
       | be torn down, stone by stone, ever again? A form that could ever
       | be with the Jews in their trials and travels over the Centuries,
       | carried and copied and taught. A poetic thought...
        
         | nickloewen wrote:
         | As I understand it, this idea is quite similar to how the
         | central scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, is understood in
         | Sikhi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib
        
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