are pretty big into reading it word for word. Is the Jewish faith like that as well? Just wondering? I have never been beat over the head by a Jew.
2007-03-05 04:28:34 · 9 answers · asked by fifimsp1 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nope. Mostly allegory and metaphor.
http://beliefnet.com/index/index_10005.html
http://www.jewfaq.org/toc.htm
http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/
http://whatjewsbelieve.org/
http://becomingajew.org/
http://www.asknoah.org/
http://judaism.about.com/
http://www.aish.com/
http://www.beingjewish.com/
http://www.judaismsanswer.com,%20www.messiahtruth.com/response.html
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2007-03-05 04:33:56 · answer #1 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Daisylilly answered this pretty well. The only thing I would add is that Jews have always looked at the Bible a bit differently than Christianity. For instance, with regard to the story about Adam and Eve, we see it as man developing his own independence. There is absolutely no concept of "original sin"-- that was added by Christianity and is a concept completely foreign to Judaism.
2007-03-05 12:51:45 · answer #2 · answered by eyedoc999 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most Jews tended not to look at the early part of Genesis in a literal manner. You have some Orthodox groups that do, but even among the Orthodox you have a 800+ year tradition of not seeing them as a literal event.
2007-03-05 13:37:41 · answer #3 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are some fundamentalists who believe in literal interpretation, but the majority of Jews take the Bible's stories metaphorically - it teaches lessons of how to behave (and how not to behave) - but isn't meant to be literal.
2007-03-05 12:36:13 · answer #4 · answered by Skysong 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never been beat over the head by a Jew either, but I have been by secular humanists.
2007-03-05 12:35:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some Jews do, some don't.
I can't say for sure but I think the Orthodox Jews tend take the Bible literally, while the Reform Jews believe that scripture should be open to interpretation.
FYI, not all Christians believe that the Bible should be taken literally, either. Catholics and some other denominations believe it should be open to interpretation and that it's not the literal word of God.
2007-03-05 12:34:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I am no Jew, but as far as I know they are very much into hermeneutics therefore no.
2007-03-05 12:58:08 · answer #7 · answered by remy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jews believe it word by word... You say it as if it was something terrible.
Barukh HaShem
2007-03-05 12:40:50 · answer #8 · answered by XERARDO 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
complex it as sounds, we often see it as that it "happened" but did not "literally happen." lol. our stance doesn't make much sense, does it? basically we often see it as a simplified tale that represents a greater truth.
2007-03-05 17:10:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋