From: George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Date: Fri Oct 24 2003 - 22:06:52 EDT
RFaussette@aol.com wrote:
.................
> > To the extent that Jews feel threatened with religious & cultural
> > assimilation,
> > an emphasis on "biological purity" will naturally be emphasized. The fact
> > that that has
> > been the case for many generations since the return from Babylonian exile
> > makes it
> > unsurprising that it would come to be seen by observant Jews as an essential
> > of their
> > faith. My point was that that was not an important part of earlier
> > Israelite faith - a
> > point that you have not addressed for obvious reasons. The fact that
> > Judaism has, in a
> > sense, been existing in an emergency situation for ~2500 years does not
> > change this.
> >
>
> The tradition of endogamy is established by Abraham in Genesis when he finds
> Canaanite women morally unsuitable and sends Eliezer to find the right bride
> for Isaac among the members of his family and the house of his father. Remember
> Haaran? What point have I not addressed for obvious reasons?
The point you have not addressed is the counterexamples I cited in the earlier
post & the obvious reason you haven't addressed them is because they show that what
I've said is right & you're wrong.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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