Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

Shoshana, you  want to include the talmud etc. as the lens

by which to view the tanak. Yet, others want to use the NT.

Why should one be privileged over the other? You may think

that only your sacred scriptures hold the key, but others

equally vehemently think only theirs does.

To my way of thinking, both are late and tendentious.

The Hebrew Bible ought to be interpeted on the basis

of itself and other contemporary documents.

I'd say before 150 bce, and the DSS copies of the tanak.

liz

-----Original Message-----
From: Polycarp66 AT aol.com [mailto:Polycarp66 AT aol.com]
Sent: Tue, January 29, 2002 1:13 PM
To: Biblical Hebrew
Subject: Re: PS Re: ELOHIM NOT PLURAL

In a message dated 1/29/2002 12:45:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, rosewalk AT concentric.net writes:

You cannot understand the Torah without all the rest - Aggada, Mishna,
Talmud, Kabbala, etc.  It is not meant to be taken in only its literal
sense.

Ahh!  But here that is precisely what we attempt to do.  The Aggada, Mishna, Talmud, and Kabbala may lend some interesting insights, but we do not base our opinions on them.

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