[Avodah] shabbas 55b; neged pshat?

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 01:16:24PM -0400, Richard Wolpoe wrote:
: Mikra:  metaphorical
: TSBP:   normative
: 
: Mikra:  Middas Haddin
: TSBP:   Middas Harachamim
: 
: Mikra: Dinei Shamayin
: TSBP: Dinei Adam
: 
: Mikra: Psycholgical imagery. Visualization.  imagination.  Spiriutal
: perspective [hashkafa]
: TSBP: Practical applications of the above to the real world

Miqra: Mussar
Derashah: Halakhah

And if you look at Nach, my dichotomy holds -- although there are no
derashos, the thrust of the stories, and of the shmuessin given by the
neviim is that of middos and values. Why assume the peshat of the first
category of Tanakh is any different in role?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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