Our guest leader today, Rabbi Janet Roberts, asked us to think about two questions: 1) Where did the Torah come from? 2) Who was the Torah written for? In an ancient Talmudic midrash, Moses debates with the angels where the Torah should kept. Moses points out that the laws in the Torah do not apply to the angels; they apply to humans. This means that the Torah belongs with the humans. Because the angels are already pure, they cannot imbue the laws of the Torah with meaning. Only humans, who need the guidance of the Torah, can bring the Torah to life!

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If you like this podcast, you might enjoy the book Biblical Origins: The Political Intent of the Bible's Writers, by renowned Bible scholar Dr. S. David Sperling.