>reading Deuteronomy
>realize it never mentions Jerusalem
>not once
>whole book is just "the place YHWH will choose"
>but keeps leaning toward Shechem and Mount Gerizim
>Deut reads like a legal code more than a narrative
>functions independently from Exodus-Lev-Numbers
>and surprise: Numbers ends at Moab, right where Deut picks up
>Genesis is a patchwork anyway
>shared ancestors like Abraham and Jacob probably meant to unify factions
>Melchizedek in Gen 14 is the only pro-Jerusalem bit
>doesn't match the style, smells like a Zion priestly insert
>makes sense when you realize Torah was likely a political project
>not divine, not even purely Jewish
>probably a compromise between Gerizim priests and Jerusalem ones
>shared myths, shared law, ambiguous cult site
>basically ancient power-sharing to control both Samaritan and Judean populations
>Gerizim = pilgrimage, trade, regulation for Shechem
>Zion = same for Jerusalem
>each faction inserts their claim
>eventually stops working
>Samaritans and Jews break off, both claim sole legitimacy
>Judeans wipe out Shechem under John Hyrcanus
>burn the sanctuary, probably torched their Torahs too
>now we only have the Jerusalem version
>entire Hebrew Bible built on the ruins of a failed religious federation

>>entire Hebrew Bible built on the ruins of a failed religious federation
Alright congrats, you read the Bible for the first time. It's sort of obvious. What with the split between Jerusalem and Samaria, and the focus on their wars. And the idolatry which constantly is a recurring theme. Culminating in the destruction of the Temple, and Jews kiling their own Messiah, etc. I mean it's not rocket science.

>>17813568
Nope, it means that everything you know about the Bible is framed through the lens of a schismatic temple cult in Jerusalem. Congrats, you have been brainwashed.

>>17813559 (OP)
From the moment king Saul appears, most of the historical narratives are "Judea good, Israel (Samaria) bad". It's not exactly covert.

>>17813559 (OP)
>entire Hebrew Bible built on the ruins of a failed religious federation
That's not what the King James teaches. I'm so glad your carcass will burn in holy fire forever.

>>17814169
>I'm so glad your carcass will burn in Gehinnom forever
You will never be a Jew. You are not descended from Abraham, you have no ties to the land, you can't speak Hebrew. You are an American man twisted by superstition and myths into a crude mockery of Yahweh's perfection. All the “validation” you get is two-faced and half-hearted. Behind your back people mock you. Your parents are disgusted and ashamed of you, your “friends” laugh at your ridiculous pretense behind closed doors. Jews are utterly repulsed by you. Thousands of years of evolution have allowed them to sniff out frauds with incredible efficiency. Even Christians who “pass” act uncanny and unnatural to a Jew. Your non-hooked nose and inability to scheme is a dead giveaway. And even if you manage to get a Jew to have a conversation with you about religion, he’ll turn tail and bolt the second he gets a whiff of your idolatrous tendencies. You will never be happy. You wrench out a fake smile every single morning and tell yourself it’s going to be ok, that your enemies will burn in hell, but deep inside you feel the depression creeping up like a weed, ready to crush you under the unbearable weight. Eventually it’ll be too much to bear - you’ll buy a rope, tie a noose, put it around your neck, and plunge into the cold abyss. Your parents will find you, heartbroken but relieved that they no longer have to live with the unbearable shame and disappointment. They’ll bury you with a headstone marked with your birth name, probably Alex or Frank, and every passerby for the rest of eternity will know a gentile is buried there. Your body will decay and go back to the dust, and all that will remain of your legacy is a skeleton that is unmistakably non-Jewish. This is your fate. This is what you chose. There is no turning back.

Gay
The Jewish god is based

>>17813559 (OP)
>DEUS VULT