by Carl Howard | Feb 28, 2011 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging Jewish Law
Final part of the series, previous parts here and here. Area: Non-observance Torah Problem: There are a large number of transgressions for which a Jew is to be excluded from the Jewish community. This could be problematic since it’s very divisive and there are so many...
by Carl Howard | Feb 23, 2011 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging Jewish Law
A continuation from Monday’s post. Area: The Sotah (woman suspected of adultery, Num 5:11-31) Torah Problem: I’ve posted on this here and here), but basically the ritual is particularly misogynistic, allowing husbands free reign to bully and humiliate their wives in...
by Carl Howard | Feb 21, 2011 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging Jewish Law
As I’ve posted before, I see a large part of Jewish law (at least when it was formed) as reconciling the Torah, with its barbaric and tribal mentality, with a more modern and (mostly) more humane outlook. When I was looking at the Torah for abridgement, I noticed this...
