[Avodah] Freedom of exegesive interpretation

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, December 4, 2007 9:25 am, Rich, Joel wrote:
: Sounds like a version of "Judaism is a religion of deed not creed" -
: you can interpret anything anyway you want as long as you don't act
: differently from the din?

There are dinim about belief too. The TYT speaks about "din", not
deed. Presumably he would include chovos halvavos. I would say that it
sounds more like "halakhah has hard limits, but the only hard limits
are halakhah".

The current issue of YCT's journal (formerly Edah's) has an article on
the subject of exegesis, in particular looking at traditional peirush
and the limits of something more modern. See
<http://tinyurl.com/yqkr56> "Authority and Validity: Why Tanakh
Requires Interpretation, and What Makes an Interpretation Legitimate?"
by R' Dr Moshe Sokolow. (RDMS is on the staff of YU's Azrieli grad
school, and is in YU administration.)

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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