tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9267923.post116493443425921381..comments2024-01-04T19:35:00.635-08:00Comments on ThanBook: Creation: true or not, it's True: R' Wiederthanbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06197564008203120013noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9267923.post-1170719436637422732007-02-05T15:50:00.000-08:002007-02-05T15:50:00.000-08:00i think i was at this lecture. when r' wieder tal...i think i was at this lecture. when r' wieder talked about the uncomfortability of allegorizing past Migdal Bavel, i didn't think he was talking about himself in particular, but about the [Orthodox] community as a whole.Steg (dos iz nit der šteg)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07694556690190505030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9267923.post-1167184313360941912006-12-26T17:51:00.000-08:002006-12-26T17:51:00.000-08:00this is terrible. one has to distinguish between a...this is terrible. one has to distinguish between allegory vs alternative literal translations. while it is true that the Ramban interprets the verse about the rainbow differently b/c of the scientific compononent, that is far from a allegorical interpretation which states that such and such never really happened as described by the chumash. adn while it is true that the rambam and other rishonim do intermittently envoke allegorical interpreations it is not as widespread as R' Wieder might have you believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com