The Ambiguity of Rabbinical Thought  Frank S. Palmisano III
[Editor's note: The author wants to make known that he no longer
holds the views and opinions expressed herein in any meaningful,
personal context. He feels "the need to distance himself from
these views as such, and to communicate that he no longer
identifies with them morally, intellectually, or spiritually"
having "recently surrendered himself to Jesus Christ as Lord and
Savior."]   Judaism is rich in interpretation, providing a
diversity of ideas and commentary on their most holy scriptures.
The Tanakh, designated by Christians as the Old Testament, is a
historical catalog of the Judaic people, chronicling their
defeats, conquests, spiritual degeneration, and future glory.
This essay will concentrate on the variant forms of
interpretation that one encounters when examining some of the
rabbinical thought. The common fallacy provided in the New
Testament depicts the Jews as malignant, self-satisfying
hypocrites who assented to a universal prescrip