...drawing data from many different fields. Jaynes asserts that until roughly the times written about in Homer's Iliad, humans did not generally have the self-awareness characteristic of consciousness as most people experience it today. Rather, ...>to increased activity in these areas of the brain.[4] For example, he asserts that, in The Iliad and sections of the Old Testament in The Bible, no mention is made of any kind of cognitive ...

... many diverse sources including historical literature. He took an interdisciplinary approach, drawing data from many different fields. Jaynes asserts that until roughly the times written about in Homer's Iliad, humans did not generally have the self-awareness characteristic of consciousness as most people experience it today. Rather, Jaynes argued that the bicameral individual was guided by mental commands ...

...from many diverse sources including historical literature. He took an interdisciplinary approach, drawing data from many different fields. Jaynes asserts that until roughly the times written about in Homer's Iliad, humans did not generally have the self-awareness characteristic of consciousness as most people experience it today. Rather, Jaynes argued that the bicameral individual was guided by mental commands believed to...

... voices whose speech and directions could be as distinctly heard by the Iliadic heroes as voices are heard by certain epileptic and schizophrenic patients...The ...> Jaynes asserts that until roughly the times written about in Homer's Iliad, humans did not generally have the self-awareness characteristic of consciousness ... brain.[4] For example, he asserts that, in The Iliad and sections of the Old Testament in The Bible, no mention ...

..., drawing data from many different fields. Jaynes asserts that until roughly the times written about in Homer's Iliad, humans did not generally have the self-awareness characteristic of consciousness as most people experience it today. Rather, ... to increased activity in these areas of the brain.[4] For example, he asserts that, in The Iliad and sections of the Old Testament in The Bible, no mention is made of any kind of cognitive ...

..., for example, suggests that while “inter- polations…are abundant,” “omissions…are rare.” [Westcott and Hort] Metzger, in a suggestive study on the parallels between the textual criticism of the New Testament on the one hand, and The Iliad and The Mahaœbhaœrata on the other, quotes with approbation Franklin Edgerton, one of the editors of The Mahaœbhaœrata: I have come to believe that any passage, long or short, which is missing in any ...

.... We have several individual manuscripts of NT books that date within 30 yrs of the original. Of the 5000 manuscripts they are roughly in complete agreement 97%% of the time. Nothing compares. Nothing. How many copies of Homer's Iliad do we have? I believe it is less than a dozen and that there is no more than a 50%% agreement in word exactness. Then there is the further evidence of the Dead Sea Scrolls. After much ...

... the manuscripts than there are words in the New Testament. You are right, nothing compares!! How many copies of Homer's Iliad do we have? I believe it is less than a dozen and that there is no more than a 50%% agreement in word exactness. Who cares? The Iliad developed from oral traditions, the same as the NT and probably as as much truth as the NT. Then there is the further...

...We have several individual manuscripts of NT books that date within 30 yrs of the original. Of the 5000 manuscripts they are roughly in complete agreement 97%% of the time. Nothing compares. Nothing. How many copies of Homer's Iliad do we have? I believe it is less than a dozen and that there is no more than a 50%% agreement in word exactness. Then there is the further evidence of the Dead Sea Scrolls. After much investigation, they...

...do not despair. You are not as alone as you think. 2) The Loner and the Herd is a classical topos; the old testament is full of it, prophets whistleblowing on behalf og Jehova, sometimes a thankless task. The conemporary Iliad and Odyssey are centered around single heroes. The stories of Jesus could be seen in the same light. Don Qixote de La Mancha. Et cetera. Ibsen even wrote an entire play on this, "An Enemy of the People". (http...