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“It was, Philo argued, foolish to read the first chapter of Genesis literally and to imagine that the world had been created in 6 days. The number 6 was a symbol of perfection.”
— Oct 16, 2026 12:02PM
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“In the older stories, there was no mention of Yahweh’s teaching being committed to writing. In the JE accounts, Moses had passed on Yahweh’s direction by word of mouth. The seventh-century reformers, however, added verses which explained that Moses ‘put all the commands of Yahweh into writing’ and read the sefer Torah to the people.
— Oct 16, 2026 11:32AM