tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post3215748194081702702..comments2024-01-09T12:59:32.666+01:00Comments on Narrative and Ontology: F. Watson on reading and re-reading the Old TestamentPhil Sumpterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-78393894462870378332008-11-24T21:46:00.000+01:002008-11-24T21:46:00.000+01:00Thanks for the references!Thanks for the references!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-51353254089166719192008-11-24T16:01:00.000+01:002008-11-24T16:01:00.000+01:00Hi Diana,it's nice to meet someone who shares my p...Hi Diana,<BR/><BR/>it's nice to meet someone who shares my passion! In my reading of Biblical Theologian Brevard Childs, I've come to see that there are key differences in the way in which Judaism and Christianity have appropriated scripture. Jews use <EM>midrash</EM>, Christians use <EM>allegory</EM>, or perhaps better <EM>figurative</EM> interpretation (yes, even Protestants, whether they like it or not). The basic distinctions are theological. I've posted on this in the following posts:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://narrativeandontology.blogspot.com/2008/08/jewish-and-christian-appropriation-of.html" REL="nofollow">Jewish and Christian appropriation of the law of Moses</A><BR/><A HREF="http://narrativeandontology.blogspot.com/2008/08/jesus-and-jewish-tradition.html" REL="nofollow">Jesus and Jewish tradition</A><BR/><A HREF="http://narrativeandontology.blogspot.com/2008/09/thoughts-on-nature-of-midrash-and.html" REL="nofollow">thoughts on the nature of midrash and aggada</A>.<BR/><BR/>One of the best places to see the two approaches side by side is Brevard Childs' <EM>Exodus</EM> commentary.Phil Sumpterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-9624634131606937342008-11-24T00:41:00.000+01:002008-11-24T00:41:00.000+01:00I find this idea of reading for different understa...I find this idea of reading for different understanding-goals fascinating. I wonder if some parallels could be made to the work of the rabbis over time, who were and are studying the torah for instructions on how to live in their time(s), and perhaps reading in a kind of "retrospective" way, in that even though the torah doesn't talk about things like, z.B. electric lights, it's assumed that the torah does have something to say about it because there is talk of when one should or should not use fire or oil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com