Thats true. The Tanakh doesn't shy away from the more unpleseant aspects of life.* The Tanakh ranges from very clear to rather vague in the meaning of its pasages. "Thou shall not commit adultery" is a pretty clear in its meaning. "You shall not cook a calf in its own mother's milk" is not. To understand the meaning you need to debate the pasages and make comparisons. Its what gave us the Talmud.
*The Tanakh is also more open to the joys of life. There is nothing in the New Testament that celebrates romantic love and sex like the Song of Songs. The Tanakh is much less puritanical than the New Testament and the Qu'Ran.
+1. I'm really pissed off at people who keep shitting on the Tanakh. At least to me, its endlessly more sensible than the New Testament and leads to more rigorous intellectual activity.
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Thats true. The Tanakh doesn't shy away from the more unpleseant aspects of life.* The Tanakh ranges from very clear to rather vague in the meaning of its pasages. "Thou shall not commit adultery" is a pretty clear in its meaning. "You shall not cook a calf in its own mother's milk" is not. To understand the meaning you need to debate the pasages and make comparisons. Its what gave us the Talmud.
*The Tanakh is also more open to the joys of life. There is nothing in the New Testament that celebrates romantic love and sex like the Song of Songs. The Tanakh is much less puritanical than the New Testament and the Qu'Ran.
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+1. I'm really pissed off at people who keep shitting on the Tanakh. At least to me, its endlessly more sensible than the New Testament and leads to more rigorous intellectual activity.
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