The Ethno-Zionist-Revisionism-Old Testament-Bashing Megathread

[Syt]

So it seems like Egypt might ban Ridley Scott's Exodus, because of its "revisionist Zionist distortion of history."

[Martinus]

So it seems like Egypt might ban Ridley Scott's Exodus, because of its "revisionist Zionist distortion of history."

Saw this story show up on my Facebook feed. Initially thought it must be the Onion.

That being said, calling the Bible "revisionist Zionist distortion of history" is pretty accurate, if you think about it.

[Syt]

Most Hollywood treatments of historic topics are "revisionist distortions of history," though.

[Admiral Yi]

That being said, calling the Bible "revisionist Zionist distortion of history" is pretty accurate, if you think about it.

In order to be revisionist there has to be an original version to revise.  The Bible is the original version.

[Syt]

Don't scholars these days think that what we have as Bible/Torah today has gone through several authors and centuries of change/editing before becoming figuratively set in stone? That would mean that the Bible as we know it is not the original.

[Martinus]

That being said, calling the Bible "revisionist Zionist distortion of history" is pretty accurate, if you think about it.

In order to be revisionist there has to be an original version to revise.  The Bible is the original version.

I think the original history (you know, with Egypt, Babylon and Israel, but without God, angels and devils) is the original version. 

Taking the original history and adding God and other supernatural elements to it, in order to justify your spurious claim to some piece of land, sounds pretty revisionist to me.

[Eddie Teach]

I'm sure there's another term for untrustworthy primary sources, but it's not revisionism.

[Martinus]

I'm sure there's another term for untrustworthy primary sources, but it's not revisionism.

I don't believe any part of the Bible, with the exception of letters in the New Testament, is a primary historical source. 

As for "Exodus", "Traditionally ascribed to Moses himself, modern scholarship sees the book as initially a product of the Babylonian exile (6th century BCE), with final revisions in the Persian post-exilic period (5th century BCE)" - so quite clearly a secondary source.

[Admiral Yi]

I think the original history (you know, with Egypt, Babylon and Israel, but without God, angels and devils) is the original version. 

Who wrote this one?

[Martinus]

I think the original history (you know, with Egypt, Babylon and Israel, but without God, angels and devils) is the original version. 

Who wrote this one?

I don't know "who" but there are other historical sources (both primary and secondary) covering the period during which Jews were present in Egypt, if that is what you are asking. We don't know who wrote "Exodus" either, by the way (but it clearly wasn't Moses, even if he was a historical character, as the book was written several centuries after his alleged death and is heavily influenced by Mesopotamian mythology, which is where Jews ended up only centuries after the Exodus).

[Razgovory]

You do know that the Israelites were people who worshiped Mesopotamian deities well before the captivity right?  I think you should stop right now, before you make a fool of yourself.

[Martinus]

You do know that the Israelites were people who worshiped Mesopotamian deities well before the captivity right?  I think you should stop right now, before you make a fool of yourself.

Are you saying you believe that Exodus was actually written by Moses and it is a primary historical source? 

[Razgovory]

No.  I'm saying you need to stop before you make a fool of yourself, cause that's what you typically do on this subject.

[Viking]

So it seems like Egypt might ban Ridley Scott's Exodus, because of its "revisionist Zionist distortion of history."

Muslim countries routinely ban films which depict prophets. Yahwemosis is a muslim "prophet" who really was a muslim. So depicting him as anything other than a pious muslim is blasphemous.

[Ed Anger]

I'm tired of Ridley Scott movies.