For Jews, Passover is supposed to be historically real. The Haggadah (the text that sets the order of the Passover meal) commands Jews to consider themselves to have gone forth in exodus from Egypt. The Haggadah emphasizes this absolute demand lest Jews be tempted to reduce it to the level of a metaphor. “The authority [...]
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#17 Out with the old God, in with the new
Posted in God, Philosophy of Religion, Religion, Religious Philosophy, Theological Ethics, Theology, tagged Arthur A. Cohen, Holocaust, Passover, Silence of God on April 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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