File 1 - The Difficulties of the Old Testament (Draft)

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CA WCA CA WCA 2025-01-2-1-1

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The Difficulties of the Old Testament (Draft)

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  • [between 1894 and 1906] (Creation)

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132 pages of textual records

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James Patterson Sheraton
(1841-1906)

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Ruth Scott Archives, Wycliffe College

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This file contains a draft that addresses contemporary unease among the spiritual community with the Old Testament. Sheraton describes people as feeling as though the Old Testament is “a millstone hung about the neck of the Church”. Included within this treatise are discussions of “Interpretations of Mosaic Law”, “Questionable Actions Commanded by God”, and “The Scientific Difficulties”. The file immediately following this file contains a typewritten version of this draft

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