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| Volume 12 Number 48 | Thu Mar 20 23:55:02 US/Pacific 2003 |
From: Sheldon Glickler <sheldonlg@attbi.com> Date: Wed Mar 19 15:14:26 US/Pacific 2003 Subject: Re: Book of Job Rabbi Sherwood does an amazing job (pardon the pun) of overlooking all the problems with the book of Job, and so I will tone DOWN my comments about it. That book is not about "gee, we can't understand the ways of God". It is about "why is God acting as such a "*(*&_&#" ? The book provides no answer. If I felt that this was an accurate description of the Jewish concept of God then I would run, not walk, to the nearest non-Jewish place. Job: (1) God looks at a good man and says "how can I make this shmuck miserable?". (2) He takes away his possessions (ok, possessions can be replaced). (3) He murders all his children (do they get ressurrected?). (4) In the end he has wealth restored (goody for him). (5) He has more children -- as if that compensates in any way for those that were murdered, never mind the capriciousness of simply killing the children on a whim. No, Rabbi Sherwood, the book of Job is a VILE book, no matter how you may wish to gloss over it. Shelly
From: Dina Tanners <tanners47@yahoo.com> Date: Thu Mar 20 15:02:21 US/Pacific 2003 Subject: Jewish Poet's Perspective on War I'm in New York, on my way home from a 12-day trip to see Jewish historical sites in Spain. I went with a Reform synagogue in Seattle, Temple Beth Am. One afternoon, we sat in the lower level of an Arab tea house in Granada, reading medieval Jewish poetry, and one poem by Shmuel HaNagid, felt particularly appropriate for the moment. I'm not at a computer with Hebrew fonts, so I will just write the translation as found in the Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse, page 291: Krav--War War is at first like a beautiful girl with whom all men long to play, but in the end like a repulsive hag whose suitors all weep and ache. Dina Tanners
From: ethel jean saltz <nietgal@airmail.net> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:21:09 -0600 Subject: The Mishnah I've never been able to achieve a top-down understanding of all the Jewish religious documents. Because of my participation in ancient bible history study with a Yahoo group with people of many backgrounds and localities, it's helping me a lot. I also now discuss the talmud at a reform temple and it actually is a continuation of the yahoo group content as well as our temple Spinoza (Theological-Political Treatise) discussion group. It all merges in my mind. Just this past Sunday, after two months of study, I suddenly truly understand what the Mishnah is all about and the importance in Judaism. One more revelation for me, the discussions in the Talmud seem to be aped by so-called bible scientists today ;) And that was 2000 years ago. Be-ahavah oo-ve-shalom oo-ve-emet, Ethel Jean Saltz Salaam Ismail, Shalom Isaac mailto: nietgal@airmail.net
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