Monday, March 29, 2010
Hooker on arbitrary law, from the Masoret blog
A scholar of the writings of the Anglican divines on halakha has a pair of posts worth reading on chukim - laws or mitzvot having no immediately evident rationale but deemed binding in Judaism by virtue of their divine origin. I found this a timely read given the current same-sex controversy, which is at one level about what place, if any, such laws have in Christianity (hence the hitherto unanswered refrain of the proof-text-weary, "But what's wrong with homosexuality?")
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Geoff, thanks for the shout out. And for calling me a scholar-haha! Your blog looks really interesting. I look forward to some interesting discussion (if that's ok). All the best,
naomi
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