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How Literally Do Jews Take the Hebrew Bible?
By Jeffrey BloomA major tenet of rabbinic Judaism is that the Bible is not to be taken literally. But of course that's not the whole story.
Jeffrey Bloom
Jeffrey Bloom is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the co-editor of Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith.
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Addicts Do Need to Get Right with God, but That Doesn’t Mean They Need Religion
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God, Religion, and America’s Addiction Crisis
By Jeffrey BloomModern medicine, psychology, and behavioral science can help some addicts. But for the underlying spiritual condition, an older set of tools—like Judaism's—has more to offer.
