(November 22, 2011 at 11:49 pm)IATIA Wrote:It is the history of a people in a particular place, written by them. The Israelis still use it today. To scholars it is a strange writing that they don't understand. Scholars look for Israelite history by other means because the writings don't conform to normal thinking. The book is Middle Eastern thought that is different then Western civilizations. There-in lay most of the problems to understand it. We've concluded that the Israelis them selves have lost it's meaning. The book is not much different then other ancient tribes and writings of that region. It's not fairy tales, it's simply the interpretations that are faulty. Ancient peoples didn't have words to describe spiritual things so they used material representations and labels. What's happened is- there lives, means and thought process are quite different the our of today. IE- they didn't have a word for deception so they had to equate it to something they recognize. The observations of the snake and it's hidden life is chosen for that representation. Other tribes of that time had the same usage.(November 22, 2011 at 10:31 pm)Old Seer Wrote: The snake represents deception, Sneakiness, lies. Also one's own character, as---you snake in the grass. Hidden, not seen. A purposeful misrepresentation of one's self. Businesses, religions and government rely on it.
And no
we don't follow the your rules of biblical interpretation.
You have taken the ridiculous story of a talking serpent in the garden and identified it through symbolism. Rule #3.
There is not any thing explicitly wrong with identifying and understanding the symbolism of a story and even applying it in everyday life. But, the unasked question remains. Do you believe the bible is history or fairy tale?
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