Those who are gifted in ancient biblical languages...

[T_Laurich]

So I was listening to a lecture from John Lennox, a man I personally admire... And a antagonist asked the question "Why were we told not to eat of the tree of KNOWLEDGE"

John Lennox gave a clever quick retort then went to answer the question... When he was answering he attempted to correct the antagonist and explain that it was the Knowledge of Good and Evil and not just KNOWLEDGE. But the antagonist explained very clearly that the early manuscripts just contained the word KNOWLEDGE and nothing else... Which really made me puzzle... I would like if anyone could give me the earliest manuscript they know of on Genesis 2-3... So I could research this...
Or if you know the answer, just give where you found it, the language it was in, and a quick answer (I know I am dictating this like a homework assignment, but it is not )
Thanks...

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

I'm sure that's just an atheist myth and talking point used to marginalize religion. The Greek Septuagint, which predates any existent Hebrew manuscript, has the knowledge of good and evil.

 

[T_Laurich]

Thanks

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[CRC]

. Genesis tells us how the universe came into being. In a matter-of-fact way it describes the wonders of creation, without making these overshadow the main purpose of the book. It is thus unlike the pagan creation stories that make these marvels the main thing and go to absurdities and obvious untruths to stress them. Genesis tells about the work of creation, and it shows God’s purpose in creating man, the relationship of man to God, and the relationship of man to the animals. It gives us the reason for death and trouble experienced by mankind and the hope of deliverance. It points out that all humans descended from the one man Adam, who sinned and lost life for his posterity; it thereby enables us to understand how the ransom sacrifice of one man, Jesus Christ, could atone for the sins of mankind. Genesis enables us to see how the issue of the rightfulness of God’s sovereignty was raised by the symbolic serpent, Satan the Devil. It gives the sure hope of destruction of Satan and of relief for mankind. It recounts the origin of Babylon and thus of all false religion in the post-Flood earth, thereby aiding in the identification of Babylon the Great in the book of Revelation.
Jesus said that if anyone serves God, that one must worship Him with spirit and truth. (Joh 4:24) The Genesis account sets forth the truth of man’s beginnings and of God’s dealings with him. Since everything recorded in Genesis is true and not mythical, we are able to know the truth about man’s history. We can see that up to the time of the Flood men certainly knew the truth of the Biblical account about Eden, for the garden was there and cherubs were there with the flaming sword at its gate. (Ge 3:24) But those who wanted to go the way of their own desires ignored the facts that were before them. Noah, however, served God according to the way that man was originally created to serve him, according to true history. Although, following the Flood, Nimrod set up rebellion against God at the Tower of Babel, the patriarchs through the line of Shem continued to hold to the true way of life. When it was God’s time to organize Israel into a nation and give them the Law, it did not come to them like something completely unknown, a revolutionary change in their way of life. No, for in the patriarchal society they had done many of the things that are found in the Law. As M’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia (1881, Vol. III, p. 782), declares: “This theocracy cannot have entered into history without preparatory events. The facts which led to the introduction of the theocracy are contained in the accounts of Genesis.” According to the Bible book of Titus 3:9 "But shun foolish questionings and genealogies and strife and fights over the Law, for they are unprofitable and futile". Some questions are for honest clarification and some questions disaccreditation. (Keep your eye on the enemy)