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[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 05:29:24PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
>> He has very harsh words for those who assume the historicity of these
>> stories.
>
> No.  He has harsh words for those who insist that *all* stories *must*
> be meant literally.  He never says or even hints that none of them
> are meant literally...

FWIW, that's all I claimed: "did not insist they were historical".

However, the Rambam says that people who take the more fantastic
stories literally make fools of themselves or of the Torah. You are
misunderstanding his position if you think that the Rambam would be happy
with the claim that the stories of R Chanina ben Dosa or R Pinchas ben
Yair happened as literally described.

Those are just the fool-making stories he's talking about!

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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