Praveen.arokyaswamy

April 2023

Hello, I'm Feline Hymnic. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Book of Genesis, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Feline Hymnic (talk) 18:18, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello Feline,

Thanks for writing and pointing out that I didn't provide a reliable source. I appreciate that!

BUT could you be kind to provide the reliable source where scholars consider Genesis to be mythological? If not, do you agree this below sentence needs to be removed please?

"Based on scientific interpretation of archaeological, genetic, and linguistic evidence, most mainstream Bible scholars consider Genesis to be primarily mythological rather than historical." Praveen.arokyaswamy (talk) 18:29, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

See the section "Genre" in the article, which has cites several sources.

Would I be correct that you come from some sort of Christian background? (In real life, so do I... I'm also a part-time hymnwriter.) The term "myth" also requires care. In everyday parlance, it can be used in a dismissive, put-down manner. But when academic scholarship uses the term "myth" it is more respectful of the material being described. It does, indeed, mean that the material (in our case Genesis, particularly Gen.1-11) is unlikely to be what we modernists would understand as documentary history. But it does respect that the writings we now have have a deep meaning to its original writers, editors, hearers and readers about their own understanding or their own origins.

Anyway, it you want to discuss more deeply, with people more knowledgeable than me, also read the existing contents of the talk page Talk:Book of Genesis and follow things up there. Hope that helps. Feline Hymnic (talk) 18:58, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello,

Thanks again for your response!

Yes I am a christian but that does not come in the way of my above clarification. It's simple English words and the sources which you're arguing/claiming.

YES the word MYTH requires very care as the dictionary meaning of MYTH is:

>> a widely held but false belief or idea.

>> an idea that is not true but is believed by many people

You don't have a citation for your claims - "most mainstream Bible scholars"

Hope you consider, if not too I'm fine. God bless :) Praveen.arokyaswamy (talk) 04:08, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

"Most mainstream Bible scholars" is not my personal claim; it is the statement in the article. The place to discuss such general points is, as mentioned above, Talk:Book of Genesis, rather than in a one-to-one user-talk page. Hope that helps. Feline Hymnic (talk) 14:24, 30 April 2023 (UTC)