Comment on Talking Snakes: A Cautionary Tale

Fri, 07 Oct 2016 22:46:35 GMT

Reply to an old comment about literalism:

Yes, but every version of the Torah we have contains parts from different, incompatible versions of the story. The Redactor who put them together had a clear preference (I think) for the Priestly text, but was willing to include stories that contradicted it (at least as a political compromise).

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