Sublime

its own interpretation, to translate peshat (the contextual meaning) into derash (the significance or implication of a passage) so it can be practiced as a mitzvah.

They warn of the danger of squeezing all parts of the Bible into a mould rather than letting them speak individually in their rich variety. That is an important warning that must be heard. Any unifying theme that is used to help us to see how the Bible fits together must arise out of Scripture itself, rather than being imposed upon it; and it must

Then He created birds and animals and fish (again, employing speech)—and ended with man, male and female, both somehow formed in his image. That all happens in Genesis 1. In the second, older, “Jawhist” version, we find another origin account, involving Adam and Eve (where the details of creation differ somewhat), as well as the stories of Cain and

For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.”[77]

This

Psalm 7 is a lament.

15 Light is withheld from the wicked, and their uplifted arm is broken.