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Crazy Pills and the Heresy of Plain Meaning

Can Karaites Finally Claim Victory?(Source:  real.theoffside.com)

Can Karaites Finally Claim Victory?
(Source: real.theoffside.com)

Sometimes “I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.”

For thousands of years, Karaites (and their intellectual predecessors) have urged Jews to follow the “plain meaning” of the Scripture. This plain meaning, according to Karaite tradition, is the interpretation that the average Israelite would have had upon reading or hearing a verse 3500 years ago.

Karaites have long maintained that the plain meaning of the Scripture does not allow for many of today’s widely-held interpretations. And, apparently, prominent Rabbis agree.
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