RELS 1001 Lecture : Week 7 Lectures (11 & 12)
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In judaism, there have been those who have claimed its just fiction, those who have claimed its just history, and those who have claimed both. Holstein: if the hebrew bible is a work of history, it is unintelligible. On just about any page extraordinary things happen. The oral tradition has been used as a "fence" to keep jews away from the. The god of the perplexed - the oral tradition has failed. It has closed the doors of judaism to those who love to think. The parable of the silver apple - it"s meant to describe what the hebrew bible is. Lecture 11 & 12 o o o o o. Most readers have never seen the silver apple, they"re careless and curious. Most readers already know what they"re going to find when they open the bible o. About 10% of the readers begin to understand the bible, and for them, it"s a.