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Does the odyssey date back further than the bible?

Asked by fau 10 months ago, 7 answers.
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Hmmm...did I spell that right?? Hmm I was wondering...does the Odessy date back further then the Bible? Like is it older?
(im too lazy to google it...haha)

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...............tell me what cha think..... Answered by neocanis899 on Jan 11, 2008, 06:30PM
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I think so...

[accidently deleted] back to black 07-09-08 Answered by tinatodder4 on Jan 11, 2008, 07:02PM
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yes, it was written around 700 bc.

Thunder Robot Answered by funadvice on Jan 11, 2008, 08:33PM
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Homer wrote 'The Iliad' before 'The Odyssey'

Thunder Robot Answered by funadvice on Jan 11, 2008, 09:12PM
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Yeah I think so...it was like the first documented bok or something...I'm not totally sure though but I read it.

Thunder Robot Answered by funadvice on Jan 12, 2008, 03:10AM
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I'm getting dates of around 750BC for Genesis from sites I've 'Googled'. I think the key thing is that many of the historical books of the Jewish Scriptures were passed down through a strong oral tradition for centuries before they were written down as we seen them now. That seems strange in our literate culture, but if you look at pre-literate cultures they are able to memorise huge amounts of information though their traditional story-tellers. That's something we can't do any more, now that we read and write instead.

Thunder Robot Answered by funadvice on Jan 12, 2008, 06:27AM
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Parts of the Torah, specifically the oldest versions of Genesis, Exodus, and some of Numbers, were put into writing around 950 BC.

The Bible that most Christians are familiar with was finalized at a couple of church councils in the 4th century AD.

The Odyssey of Homer was written around 700 BC

Thunder Robot Answered by funadvice on Jan 12, 2008, 08:00PM
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So the Torah out dates Homer by 250 years So the Torahis older. . . . .

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