Plato’s Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts [Gmirkin]

[Secret Alias]

And maybe the Pentateuch was written by aliens. Give me a break. Why always this jump to 'alternative theories'? Life is usually pretty straight forward. In real life, everyone has so much money in the bank. If you spend more than you have, you end up on the street. Who goes out and 'expects' to buy a winning lottery ticket? In the same way, Ptolemy's 'Jews' were likely Samaritans and Jews. It's really that straightforward.