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Dalassa @dalassa.bsky.social

The different strands in the Torah also have intent, we just have less contemporary literature to compare them to.

aug 26, 2025, 11:28 am • 1 0

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Rev Dr Chris @chrisgoringe.bsky.social

💯. We see some of that in the various documentary hypotheses (JEPD etc)

aug 26, 2025, 11:33 am • 1 0 • view
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Baby Boy Monaghan @babyboymonaghan.bsky.social

I like the fact that the Tanakh preserves multiple, contradictory traditions, sometimes seeming to argue with each other, sometimes making weird compromises. It feels very Jewish.

aug 26, 2025, 11:31 am • 0 0 • view
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Rev Dr Chris @chrisgoringe.bsky.social

Very much agree. I think it’s an aspect of ancient and modern Judaism that the Christian traditions could really benefit from emulating! I’m rather glad that I’m part of a denomination which has several formal statements that start along the lines of “we do not have a single mind on this”

aug 26, 2025, 11:36 am • 1 0 • view