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Of course I am judging Barfield. The first thing a person of intelligence does, when presented with new claims that are at odds with previous understanding, is to consider whether the source looks reliable. (If you don't do that, you end up believing Washington is run by a a secret cabal of paedophiles.
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Where'd you get this from?
You know, Lechi, AKA "The Stern Gang", despite being led mostly by non-practicing Jews, included building the Temple as part of their mission statement...but times have changed. Nowadays, I would say that Ultra-Orthodox Jews certainly await a Third Temple, although they probably differ from many Orthodox Jews on how this Temple should be built. The vast majority of Orthodox Jews expect a Temple, but differ with UO on how it should be built. Among Masorti ("traditional") Jews, who make up the majority of Jewish Israelis (although UO are gaining fast), I assume the more knowledgeable have some degree of interest, while others not or have no opinion. Secular, atheists are probably totally against. I once queried some Reform Jews on their views of a Temple, but didn't receive a straight answer. Reform and Conservative are only a tiny minority in Israel, though (to get a basic picture, there are over 15,000 Orthodox/Ultra-Orthodox synagogues in Israel but only around 50 Reform).
Do you eat meat?
Sodom and Gomorrah were simply like so many other stories in the Bible simple myth. No one has come close to "finding" Sodom and Gomorrah, what has happened is that amateurs have misinterpreted perfectly natural formations.
Of course I am judging Barfield. The first thing a person of intelligence does, when presented with new claims that are at odds with previous understanding, is to consider whether the source looks reliable. (If you don't do that, you end up believing Washington is run by a a secret cabal of paedophiles.
It is just applying your critical faculties. Don't you teach your students to do this? Today, the internet is simply full of junk and false information. It is vital to scrutinise sources to avoid being misled.
It would take time to compile all of the verses, but here are a few:
See all of Seder Kodashim and Seder Taharot, Tractate Horayot in Seder Nezikin, Tractates Nazir and Sotah in Seder Nashim, Tractates Brachot, Pe'ah, Terumot, Ma'asrot, Ma'aser Sheni and Bikurim in Seder Z'raim, plus mentions in just about all other tractates. Not to mention hundreds of references in the Midrash.
Oh my, Moses was almost certainly mythical. In fact most of your characters look to be mythical. How would you demonstrate that they actually existed? Myths believing in a myth is not very convincing.
None of this changes the evidence that Barfield does not seem to know what he's doing and is dismissed by the people that do know what they are doing in this field.
That's a curious question. I don't know what exact factors would bring about a Temple descending from the heavens - of course, heavily debated in Judaism - but when this happens, does that automatically mean that God's presence is in it or not? Because according to halacha (Jewish law), for God's presence to be present in the Land of Israel, the majority of Israel must be in their land.I have another question if you don't mind. Is it thought by, say, the UO, that if a new Temple is built God would "automatically" dwell there again, in the HaDvir? Or would something else need to transpire for that in-dwelling of God's presence to happen? Hopefully this is not too ignorant a question
Is this a joke about the administration?And no, I stopped eating meat during the Regan administration
What do you mean by 'myth'?
History may start to emerge from the clouds of myth around 1000BC. It seems most historians think King David was a a historical figure, though nothing is known about him: David