Scriptures and Talmud – What is Reality and What is Parable?

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Yaron Yadan 09/29/2006

Scriptures and Talmud – What is Reality and What is Parable?

The method of allegorical interpretation is not consistent and the reader cannot tell when something is parable and when it is not.

Poetical Rhetoric

The Sages' rhetorical and odd interpretation of the Scriptures.

May you carry in the public domain? It changes from generation to generation

The definition of a public domain in reference to the laws of Shabbat change from generation to generation.

One Who Was Reading in the Torah

The Sages' interpretations of the Mishnah are puzzling and odd.

What is an etrog, what is a hadas?

The etrog used in our days is not the 'fruit of a goodly tree' mentioned in the Torah. The hadas used in our days is not the Biblical 'twigs of a plaited tree'.

Scriptures and Talmud – What is Reality and What is Parable?

The method of allegorical interpretation is not consistent and the reader cannot tell when something is parable and when it is not.