[Avodah] literalism

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:18:49PM -0400, Yitzhak Grossman wrote:
:> When speaking of nevu'ah, nevu'ah is through chazon -- metaphor is the
:> stock of trade. And when giving tokhachah, which nevi'im did more than

: Rambam [0] maintains that due to the superior level of Moshe's
: prophecy, it was literal and not through "moshol" as were those of all
: other prophets,  which clearly implies that prophetic literalism is
: superior to prophetic metaphor.

Nu, and Moshe Rabbeinu's nevu'ah isn't primarily tokhakhah. Halakhah and
metaphor don't mix well. Nor halakhah and guzma. Nevuah that is in images
has value -- when that's the best mode of xommunication; not when it's used
only because it's the most the navi can reached.

However, your deduction doesn't hold. We are discussing the nature of the
communication from navi to masses, not from HQBH to navi.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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