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Naomi Eve
is 78% done
Which meaning do you hold to?
1. when God speaks in the holy texts (divine source)
2. Of the stories had to the people who shared them (etiological)
3. interpreted by the people who wrote them down (holy guidance)
4. derived by the people who struggled with exile (exilic guidance)
5. debated during post historic reverence (rabbinic)
6. re discovered in relative modernity (scholarship)
To name a few
— Jul 10, 2026 05:32AM
1. when God speaks in the holy texts (divine source)
2. Of the stories had to the people who shared them (etiological)
3. interpreted by the people who wrote them down (holy guidance)
4. derived by the people who struggled with exile (exilic guidance)
5. debated during post historic reverence (rabbinic)
6. re discovered in relative modernity (scholarship)
To name a few
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Naomi Eve
is 90% done
Which meaning do you hold to?
Original story tellers (etiological)
Literal words (divine)
Original authors (directive)
Crisis driven guidance (symbolic)
Post historic debate (rabbinic)
Modern scholarship (adjudicative)
Welcome to biblical studies, I guess. I am finding this far more rewarding than studying the religion as a given.
— Jul 10, 2026 02:53PM
Original story tellers (etiological)
Literal words (divine)
Original authors (directive)
Crisis driven guidance (symbolic)
Post historic debate (rabbinic)
Modern scholarship (adjudicative)
Welcome to biblical studies, I guess. I am finding this far more rewarding than studying the religion as a given.
Naomi Eve
is 90% done
Which meaning do you hold to?
Original story tellers (etiological)
Literal words (divine)
Original authors (directive)
Crisis driven guidance (symbolic)
Post historic debate (rabbinic)
Modern scholarship (adjudicative)
Welcome to biblical studies, I guess. I am finding this far more rewarding than studying the religion as a given.
— Jul 10, 2026 02:52PM
Original story tellers (etiological)
Literal words (divine)
Original authors (directive)
Crisis driven guidance (symbolic)
Post historic debate (rabbinic)
Modern scholarship (adjudicative)
Welcome to biblical studies, I guess. I am finding this far more rewarding than studying the religion as a given.
Naomi Eve
is 87% done
Which meaning do you hold to?
Original story tellers (etiological)
Literal words (divine)
Original authors (timely interpretation)
Crisis driven post exile (symbolic guidance)
Post historic debate (rabbinic)
Historiographical revision (modern scholarship)
Welcome to biblical studies, I guess. I am finding this far more rewarding than studying the religion as a given.
— Jul 10, 2026 02:39PM
Original story tellers (etiological)
Literal words (divine)
Original authors (timely interpretation)
Crisis driven post exile (symbolic guidance)
Post historic debate (rabbinic)
Historiographical revision (modern scholarship)
Welcome to biblical studies, I guess. I am finding this far more rewarding than studying the religion as a given.