... Also, skepticism about the historical reality
underlying the Biblical claims is not a theological position. Theology is the
study of the divine and the study of history does not need to be related to
the study of the divine (unless that is a theological position you hold). So
the position that the book of Ezra must be historically accurate because it is
in the divinely sanctioned canon of books is a theological position. But the
view that the book of Ezra is not necessarily accurate is not a theological
position. To put the point further, the book of Hebrews may be in your
theological view, a 1st century book allowing us to see the views of the Jews
at that time. But for me, it is just a book, ...
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