alexandria at it's libray? Why then is one book the bible the only myth rag still clung to..did the other books have no similar collection of myths? Or the jews being mobile, had the ability to keep it in circulation...you figure?
2007-05-15 11:29:51 · 11 answers · asked by generationZ 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
theophilus-the patriarch of alexandria-set fire to the library afraid that the knoledge kept in there would make it difficult for pagans to convert to christianity.the byazntine emperor theodosius had just given orders for paganism to be annihilated.it was the year 391...
2007-05-15 11:48:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of the storehouses for the alexandria library being burnt back when Queen Cleopatra was alive but i doubt they had anything that was not already copied and at places like the pergamon or rome.
also the bible is not the holy text for Jews so you have some issues with your questions asked.
Finally, what was written in the scrolls was also most likely told from generation to generation so i doubt we missed anything worth to much missing
2007-05-15 11:36:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You presume a lot here. Your illogic is only exceded by your utter ridiculousness.
There are still many many books from antiquity in existence (your first wrong assumption). The bible is not the only one adhered to (your second wrong assumption). It is not a collection of myths attested to by josephus, tacitus, origen, etc. (your third wrong assumption).
The fact that it has been translated across more than 2000 years with documents dating to within 100 years of the event and more than 50000 extant manuscripts in existence make it even more historically reliable than even documents concerning some of the wars in the era. Those documents are separated from the events by more than 500 years and there are only about 100 of them in existence.
You are sadly mistaken.
EF
2007-05-15 11:37:16 · answer #3 · answered by epaphras_faith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible was compiled about six centuries after the last desctruction of the Great Library.
I am certain many Rabbis had copies of their holy works that they kept with them.
2007-05-15 11:36:18 · answer #4 · answered by KC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible is still in circulation because it has a large number of fanatics keeping it there. Just like, say, Spider Man.
2007-05-15 11:34:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You may be interested in The 12th Planet by Zacheria Sitchin.
2007-05-15 11:35:51 · answer #6 · answered by R B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The library burned before the bible was created.
2007-05-15 11:32:49 · answer #7 · answered by S K 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
most of the books were medical texts not religious ones
2007-05-15 11:50:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know i wasnt there were you but read the Bible ull learn something
2007-05-15 11:35:57 · answer #9 · answered by gustvh2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
belief in the bible and a desire to destroy all other books may well have been the reason for the library's destruction.
2007-05-15 11:33:14 · answer #10 · answered by eldad9 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋