Some Rabbis Realize OT is fiction

[Cheerful Charlie]

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/mos...-and-other-old-testament-stories-are-fiction/

Rabbi Chalom is referring to the popular belief that the Jewish foundation narrative detailed in the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) chronicles actual historical events. In fact it’s been known among biblical archaeologists for nearly three generations that the Five Books of Moses (the Torah) and the Deuteronomistic History of the Nevi’im (including the books of Joshua, Judges, and Samuel) are no more a literal account of the early history of the Jewish people than J. R. R. Tolkien’s, The Lord of the Rings, is a literal account of World War 1.


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Biblical archaeology debunks the Tanakh. And even some Jewish rabbis have to admit to that fact.

 

[couch_sloth]

Hah!... I was just going to post this myself, glad that I saw your thread first.


It reminds me of a comment made by one of my college professors, nearly 40 years ago: A classmate had brought up the creation story from the book of Genesis (He believed it literally), and the professor told him that even orthodox Jewish scholars believed it was simply a myth.

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

Back in 1972 at the University of Houston, I took a historical geology course. First rattle out of the bucket was a debunking of Biblical literalism. For some, it was an eye opener.

 

[credoconsolans]

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/mos...-and-other-old-testament-stories-are-fiction/

Rabbi Chalom is referring to the popular belief that the Jewish foundation narrative detailed in the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) chronicles actual historical events. In fact it’s been known among biblical archaeologists for nearly three generations that the Five Books of Moses (the Torah) and the Deuteronomistic History of the Nevi’im (including the books of Joshua, Judges, and Samuel) are no more a literal account of the early history of the Jewish people than J. R. R. Tolkien’s, The Lord of the Rings, is a literal account of World War 1.


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Biblical archaeology debunks the Tanakh. And even some Jewish rabbis have to admit to that fact.

Which is why most modern day Jews are Jewish culturally, not religiously.

Bless them.

 

[Underseer]

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/mos...-and-other-old-testament-stories-are-fiction/

Rabbi Chalom is referring to the popular belief that the Jewish foundation narrative detailed in the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) chronicles actual historical events. In fact it’s been known among biblical archaeologists for nearly three generations that the Five Books of Moses (the Torah) and the Deuteronomistic History of the Nevi’im (including the books of Joshua, Judges, and Samuel) are no more a literal account of the early history of the Jewish people than J. R. R. Tolkien’s, The Lord of the Rings, is a literal account of World War 1.


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Biblical archaeology debunks the Tanakh. And even some Jewish rabbis have to admit to that fact.

Obviously, the majority of rabbis and the majority of archaeologists are part of a vast conspiracy against almighty GAWD! That's the only possible explanation for hiding the truth from the public like that!!!!!! [/biblicalliteralist]