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/sudo_apt-get_intrnet LGBTQ Jew Aug 07 '24

The only real "character" Judaism has between the generation of Adam and his sons to Abraham is Noah. I know other cultures have Methuselah and Enoch as major figures but the Jewish canon basically just lists their names in a single sentence while building a genealogy train.

IIRC Judaism doesn't even give the title of "prophet" to anyone before Abraham, including Noah and Adam.

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

That's very interesting and new to me. What about thoughts on Adam as the progenitor of all mankind ?