[Avodah] R' Keller's JO article on evolution

[Zev Sero]

Jonathan Baker wrote:

> R' Alan Brill notes that until the mid-19th century, nobody took the
> Creation narrative literally.  On his first tape from the Revelation
> course he gave at YU last year (available on www.yutorah.org), he gives
> a catalogue of rishonim & acharonim and how they each viewed the Creation
> narrative as a metaphor: for spiritual realm, for morality, etc.

On the contrary, until the mid-19th century nobody questioned the
literal meaning of the narrative.  They looked for deeper meanings,
beyond the obvious, but not for a moment did they accept or even
consider that the physical events didn't happen exactly as described.
You yourself acknowledge a few paragraphs later that the Ramban and
Kuzari took it literally; do you really think they were unique in
this?


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