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/ezkori Ashkenazi, American, raised in orthodoxy, currently cultural Aug 07 '24

I think Noah generally isn’t really talked about much outside of the flood story, since Noah and his family’s mythologically are the progenitors or all nations, whereas Abraham is the first “Jew”.

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

What about the prophet Methuselah? If I got it right. Is he deemed important for the theology of Judaism? Or is it that Judaism places greater importance for prophets from Abraham onwards ?

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u/ezkori Ashkenazi, American, raised in orthodoxy, currently cultural Aug 07 '24

If memory serves, Methuselah is one of the generations between Noah and Abraham. If any additional stories exist (same for with Noah) they are mostly exegesis to teach/explain something and not actually in the Torah (but truly I cannot remember what methuselah did in the Torah so take that w a grain of salt lol. He’s not really super relevant to everyday Judaism.)

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u/sudo_apt-get_intrnet LGBTQ Jew Aug 07 '24

Methuselah is literally just a name given as part of the "X had a son named Y" linking Adam to Noah. He and Enoch are special since they were said to "walk with Gd" but they had no other actions to speak of. Their entire involvement is 4 possuks.