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Why do most people not pay attention to all this stuff when they learn Torah?

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Why do most people not pay attention to all this stuff when they learn Torah?

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-MH

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it is interesting how the interpeters were were influinced by their surrondings 

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it is interesting how the interpeters were were influinced by their surrondings 

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shir

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 I am curios as to wheather these people had others look over their interprations before they iserted them bc i feel like there are some clear inconsistancies just n the examples i read 

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 I am curios as to wheather these people had others look over their interprations before they iserted them bc i feel like there are some clear inconsistancies just n the examples i read 

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BJ

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Was no one actually interested in the fact that not everything was consistent in these interpretations?

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Was no one actually interested in the fact that not everything was consistent in these interpretations?

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-Libby

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How can we except an interpretation as a part of the actually narrative?

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How can we except an interpretation as a part of the actually narrative?

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RS

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I thought it was interesting how a lot of interpreters contradicted what they said or what others said about the same text

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I thought it was interesting how a lot of interpreters contradicted what they said or what others said about the same text

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RA

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I thought it was interesting how ancient interpreters sometimes interpreted the meaning of texts to almost the complete opposite of the literal meaning

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I thought it was interesting how ancient interpreters sometimes interpreted the meaning of texts to almost the complete opposite of the literal meaning

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Natalia

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How can we trully sepurate interpretation from the text when we learn? Even knowing what a word means is interpretation, so trying not to be influenced seems really hard/impossible.

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How can we trully sepurate interpretation from the text when we learn? Even knowing what a word means is interpretation, so trying not to be influenced seems really hard/impossible.

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-MH

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I am still confused on what do the exegetic motifs are used for and what they are 

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I am still confused on what do the exegetic motifs are used for and what they are 

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shir

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Were all of these ancient interpretations accepted and written down as explinations of texts?

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Were all of these ancient interpretations accepted and written down as explinations of texts?

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Wouldn't it be more helpful for interpreters to go to the source instead of relying on other people for that? They might find that they understand it completely differently if they read the original piece...

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Wouldn't it be more helpful for interpreters to go to the source instead of relying on other people for that? They might find that they understand it completely differently if they read the original piece...

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-Libby

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I thought it was interesting how it was a common practice for interpreters to add their own interpretation to develop their ideas and agenda 

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I thought it was interesting how it was a common practice for interpreters to add their own interpretation to develop their ideas and agenda 

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RA

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That interpreters would put contradicting points into their interpretations b/c they were two previous interpretations widely accepted as fact.

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That interpreters would put contradicting points into their interpretations b/c they were two previous interpretations widely accepted as fact.

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-MH

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how many of these interpretations were lost? 

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how many of these interpretations were lost? 

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-AD

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I love and admire the discipline of trying to unpack and peal back layers of interpretation

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how was it possible for one interpretation to be widely accepted as fact? did no one challenge it?

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how was it possible for one interpretation to be widely accepted as fact? did no one challenge it?

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-AD

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Are exegetic motifs used for relevancy? agenda? 

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Are exegetic motifs used for relevancy? agenda? 

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RA

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An interpreter can use ideas of interpretation that clash against one another in the same book because they go piece by piece instead of as a whole

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An interpreter can use ideas of interpretation that clash against one another in the same book because they go piece by piece instead of as a whole

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-Libby

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Why did some of these interpretations that were once accepted in the Jewish world fall out of favor?

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i find ir intriguing the interpeters use and recycle the same text 

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i find ir intriguing the interpeters use and recycle the same text 

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shir

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intriguing that sometimes whole narratives were changed by one adjustment to a verse

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intriguing that sometimes whole narratives were changed by one adjustment to a verse

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- ad

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1) The idea that although the Torah is a strung together by many small narratives, we must not forget their individual importance. He expresses this as "it is most important not to lose sight of the trees for the forest"
2) The idea that interpreters were heavily influenced by the time, politics, and overall environment around them when making assumptions about the text.

-Ariel

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i think its really interesting that these interpretors felt like they could insert theri meaning into the text (especially if they are not signaling that) because if they believe scripture is divine why do they think they could put in their own interpretations and give that over as the text

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i think its really interesting that these interpretors felt like they could insert theri meaning into the text (especially if they are not signaling that) because if they believe scripture is divine why do they think they could put in their own interpretations and give that over as the text

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its interesting tha interpreters are willing to contradict to or insert theri own interpretations that are not well supported bc they have such a need to insert explantions
of why cahacters are doing sthing or a place is named a certain way fro ther own understanding
Batyah

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The idea that interpreters would change the "big picture" of a narrative by wanting to analize a few small details that then change everything.

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The idea that interpreters would change the "big picture" of a narrative by wanting to analize a few small details that then change everything.

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-MH

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If we can only know what was included in retellings - what is lost by know knowing what was not included?

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Interpreters have been recycling the same ideas, in a way, and can use others' insight into their own interpretation

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Interpreters have been recycling the same ideas, in a way, and can use others' insight into their own interpretation

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-Libby

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How could someone interpret a text without being able to read Hebrew? Were there translations?

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How could someone interpret a text without being able to read Hebrew? Were there translations?

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- RA

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I thought it was interesting how anceint interpretoers added thier own opinions into earlier exegetical motifs. 

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I thought it was interesting how anceint interpretoers added thier own opinions into earlier exegetical motifs. 

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Natalia

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intriguing that it was possible for certain ideas to become common knowledge as they circulated around - AD

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intriguing that it was possible for certain ideas to become common knowledge as they circulated around - AD

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I found it interesting that some commentator try and find proofs embedded in the Bible for events that occurred later.

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I found it interesting that some commentator try and find proofs embedded in the Bible for events that occurred later.

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Raana