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Criticism of the Bible
Criticism of the Bible, the collection of religious texts held to be sacred by Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and other Abrahamic religions, often concerns the text's factual accuracy, moral tenability, and supposed inerrancy claimed by biblical literalists. There remain questions of biblical authorship and what material to include in the biblical canon. Christian fundamentalists regard the Bible as the perfect word of God; fundamentalist Jews hold the Hebrew Bible in similar high regard. Modern scholarship holds that most biblical books are of unknown or multiple authorship and combine tradition, myth, and polemic rather than strict history. Critics note biblical inconsistencies and textual issues. Bible translation involves interpretive choices and manuscript differences, leading to debates over accuracy and meaning. Archaeological evidence supports few Old Testament events and challenges many others. Critics argue that the Bible's early narratives, including the Genesis, the Exodus...
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