Found this on !pop! Goes Theology: “Although people often say that Judaism is a religion of history, it is more accurately a religion of memory. The stories of the Torah are not factual descriptions of our past as much as they are a record of how we think about our past and... our relationship with God. It isn’t history that is really of interest, but narratives that function as the justification for Jewish belief and practice... The foundational narratives of Judaism are more story than history in the modern sense. Central to Judaism is historical memory - the memory of the event rather than what may have actually transpired on the historical stage.” – Dr. Carl S. Ehrlich (Biblical Scholar, York University, Jewish) Jews should know best how to read their scripture. Obviously they do not read it as the infallible inerrant word of God. -Martina
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:22:39 +0000
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