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Aristotle lived from 384-322 BCE. The majority of scholars date the
Pentateuch (first 5 books of Torah) (especially Genesis) from around
500 - 400 BCE, long before Aristotle.
Now, did the tribes of Judah and Israel have contact with ancient
Greece? Almost certainly the two peoples had contact and trade around
the time of Aristotle and many of the ancient Israelites of the time
had become *Hellenized*. Later (after the time we are discussing)
there was a flourishing population of Jews, in the first diasporia,
living in Alexandria. That does not necessarily mean that Aristotle
saw the creation story from the Torah, but it is possible that it was
one of his (or his contemporaries) sources and does not rule it out
from the mix.
Marty
On Apr 2, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Brian Whatcott wrote:
Jack Uretsky wrote:
Hi-? Aristotle flourished 384- 322 BC
Dirty politics!
Aristotle could not have known the creation story because it
would not be written until almost a millenium after Aristotle's time.
Regards,
Jack
A creation story is written in Genesis which I understand was in the
Jewish tradition
of Holy writings.
Brian W
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