Who Wrote the Bible ?

[pohaikawahine]

How to Read the Bible is certainly an interesting perspective - but it would change depending on the level at which one reads or understands the stories (pshat, remez, drash, sod or at which level of consciousness, ie. physical, emotional, intellectual or spiritual or at which age childhood, youth, adulthood, and old age or literal, allegorical, moral/philosophical and anagogical, etc. etc. etc.) I went to the web site referenced above and read the portion on "the flood" (one of my favorite parts). Now I am not an expert on the Bible in any matter of speaking but whoever wrote it (or whomever wrote it) would have to have had the insight necessary to maintain each story at the highest level of consciousness while at the same time writing for all other levels. The oral tradition(s) maintained the inner meanings through the language itself and through sound, but the written tradition changed eveything. Through the loss of indigeneous language throughout the world we have also lost our sense of hearing and knowing. I think that the story of "the flood" must be one of the greatest connections from oral traditions that has perserved to some extent the inner meaning. Maybe another question might be "who sees or who hears the Bible". Just some small thoughts to send in writing. Me Ke Aloha Pumehana, poh

[Avi]

Poh, wonderfully intuitive post, thanks for those insights.