Luis Brooks
Luis Brooks voted up Didge Doo's answer
Was the bible (OLD TESTAMENT ONLY) really revolutionary at its time, morally speaking? Examples: 1. Leave edges of grain field for the poor 2. Set a slave free after 7 years Were these and other moral laws new to the world then? Did they have impact?

Interesting question but possibly a little skewed.

Back in OT times the vast majority of the population were illiterate. There was no OT, as such, though there were many scrolls that were painstakingly copies by scribes who were fastidious in their work. These contained the scriptures that later became the Torah and the Old Testament.

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Luis Brooks
Luis Brooks voted up Didge Doo's answer
Was the bible (OLD TESTAMENT ONLY) really revolutionary at its time, morally speaking? Examples: 1. Leave edges of grain field for the poor 2. Set a slave free after 7 years Were these and other moral laws new to the world then? Did they have impact?

Interesting question but possibly a little skewed.

Back in OT times the vast majority of the population were illiterate. There was no OT, as such, though there were many scrolls that were painstakingly copies by scribes who were fastidious in their work. These contained the scriptures that later became the Torah and the Old Testament.

So … Read more