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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Before repeatuing questions three and four, let us
re-state the problem: Why and how would it make a difference to "believers" and,
for that matter, to "non-believers" if the Bible is found to be an evolving
document? What does the belief that all data in the world
can legitimately be subjected to scientific inquiry do for religious
belief in the uniqueness of the text as "from Heaven"? Do the two contradict
each other? What options for religious faith and/or cultural pride and
belongingness remain available? Or perhaps scientific culture of inquiry is not
relevant at all! Think of persons thanking God for giving us rain, though they
know how precipitation occurs. And think about Heschel's statement
that It is more important what happened between the prophet and God that what
happened between the prophet and the parchment. (What does this statement really
mean?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The concept of interpreting community appears to be
extremely important. What does "the community" do with the text and
how does the experience of "meeting around it" affect the significance of
the text? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Questions Three and Four, in their original
formulations were: (3) Is Greenberg similar to Breuer in certain(somewhat
hidden) aspects? (4) (And back to the above: What charactrizes
an interpreting community?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The point is that after modern science, things don't
look quite the same. But is the formulation of the difference synonymous with
rejection, or is it a new act of interpretation? In which category does
Rosenzweig (his famous "Redacter=Rabbainu" formulation) fall?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Let's hear from you. Michael
Rosenak</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>