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Does anyone know what current scholarship and credible academia says on how far back we can trace the books of the Hebrew bible? Is the oldest we have the dead sea scrolls?

I am reading a discussion here https://old.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical/comments/p6litv/thoughts_on_this_article_arguing_againts_the/h9h48ew/?context=3 The christian apologist says: Paul is pretty clear that the cross was seen as a stumbling block to the Jews ..... .... But was it seen as "stu...

who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited,
7 but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness


?
Did emptied forms perform miracles?

"Notice also that Jesus doesn't even say the law in Mark 10, he talks about the commandments." You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.’” 20 He said to him, “Teacher, I h...

"Female of young years. Also, an unmarried woman. Daughter. Girl. Virgin." (年の若い女。また、未婚の女性。むすめ。しょうじょ。処女。)

"female of young years" = child?

The angel makes an appearance to mary after she is already betrothed to joseph. he tells her "you will conceive" are pre-teens in jewish writings identified as virgins? 18Zechariah said to the angel, ‘How will I know that this is so? For I am an old man, and my wife is getting on in years....

https://www.biblestudytools.com/lxx/deu ... nomy+6:5-9 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and all thy strength Can the greek word for "strength" in septuangint refer to military might? muslim apologist ijaz ahmed made the argument that "mi...

https://www.biblestudytools.com/lxx/deu ... nomy+6:5-9

5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and all thy strength.

Does Iraneus say that he heard from Polycarp that he knew the direct apostles of Jesus or does Iraneus say that he heard from the churches that Polycarp knew the apostles of Jesus?

Adam Bursi A further nail in the coffin of the Syriac origin theories

Marijn van Putten It is! But I would hope that that idea was already so thoroughly buried that putting any more nails in would actually be quite difficult.