Is the Bible the Word of God?
Rabbi Alan Lurie
04/04/2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-alan-lurie/is-the-bible-the-word-of-god_b_3000664.htmlThe Bible is written in foreign languages.
The Bible must be read as a whole and in context.
The Bible requires interpretation.
The Bible is read at many levels.
As a rabbi, do I believe that God -- the eternal, non-physical, animating and creative energy of everything -- actually "wrote" the Bible and gave it to us exactly as we have it? Of course not. ...God does not write books. People do. The Bible itself tells us that the texts we have were written by people -- by Moses, the Prophets, King David, King Solomon, the Apostles, and various scribes.
Do I believe that the Bible is a holy, sacred document, and do I believe that it contains words that came from a direct human contact with the Divine? Yes, of course I do. When reading the Bible we don't need to choose between a literal reading and a rejection. Both are small-minded and spiritually deadening positions. The Bible is far too rich to be reduced to such a flat formula, and we are far too magnificent to allow ourselves to be so small.
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