[Avodah] Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

[Cantor Wolberg]

I watched a debate between Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from  1991 to 2013 and biologist Richard Dawkins. Dawkins asked Rabbi Sacks if he believed there was an Adam and Eve and Rabbi Sacks without hesitation said “Of course, not. That is just allegorical.” He continued to say that there is a principle in Judaism that reading the Bible literally is heretical. He said Christianity reads it literally but not Judaism.

I would be interested in reactions.
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