(September 3, 2010 at 4:56 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: My understanding is that Jews considered it to be non literal. I don't take one persons opinions to be authoritative.My understanding is that there are 4 ways in which Jews interpret their bible, and that they are done concurrently and by the same people, although diff people place diff emphases on these traditions: Literal, allegorical, mystical, homilistic. No idea how this helps, other than as a means to tune up the bits that suit most and tune down the less convenient bits.
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence"...Doug McLeod.
