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To: Palladin

If we look to Philo of Alexandria in the 1st century A.D., the Jews believed the Bible should NOT be interpreted literally.

http://www.copticchurch.net/topics/patrology/schoolofalex/I-Intro/chapter3.html

Literalism is a 20th century reactionary American innovation.


275 posted on 12/29/2011 2:12:08 PM PST by rzman21
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To: rzman21

“Literalism is a 20th century reactionary American innovation.”

Agree wholeheartedly.


277 posted on 12/29/2011 2:17:28 PM PST by Palladin (No Newts!)
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