r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • Aug 07 '24

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/FurstRoyalty-Ties Anti-Zionist Ally Aug 07 '24

I have 2 questions for Jews with some background in rabbinical studies. Not sure if this is the right place to ask about it, but here goes.

  1. How influential is the commentaries and supercommentaries of Rashi, the middle ages Rabbi, on current day theology teachings.

  2. How does one view the story of Noah, when compared to another prophet such as Abraham, within the current teachings of theology.

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u/Thisisme8719 Arab Jew Aug 07 '24

How influential is the commentaries and supercommentaries of Rashi, the middle ages Rabbi, on current day theology teachings.

Depends. He isn't influential at all outside of Orthodox circles since his biblical commentaries are silly, puerile and based on ridiculous midrashim. The leaders in those movements also accept findings in academic biblical studies and have varying degrees of adeptness in the scholarship, which you can see in the movements' bibles. The more intellectual circles in the Modern Orthodox world don't care as much about his biblical commentaries, but his talmudic commentaries are commonly used. But in most Orthodox circles he's the commentator, and they understand and teach the texts according to his commentaries. They won't tell you where the text ends and where his commentaries begin.