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Radrook, I believe the OT was redacted and drastically edited. The Hebrew priest converted a relatively ordinary secular history into a miraculous fiction which has forever warped the common Israelites historical worldview as well as Christianity's. However every time they edited and bloated themselves they left signs of what was in the original writings.
Well, you definitely have a right to your opinion.
Here is why my opinion differs. You see, if indeed the writers of the OT were seeking to historical aggrandize the nation of Israel via concocted history, then they would not have written about all the national flaws and personal defects of Israel's kings, the national defeats, the constant sinning against their God, the repeated punishments leading to two humiliating exiles and other such horribly humiliating shortcomings.
Writers seeking national aggrandizement don't display that kind of honesty. Instead, they paint a rosy picture of their leaders and their people as the Egyptians tended to do. In fact, that honesty is one which most Biblical scholars consider an indication that the writings are indeed historically accurate.
Biblical Historical Accuracy 2
http://www.answering-islam.org/Case/case2.html
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