A wondercafe poster has been explaining scripture in a very unique way. She has a lot of experience with Judaism, and the way it looks at the Bible is very refreshing. She sent me the following info:
It is PaRDeS. like a dreidel the letters are initials. They stand for Peshat, Remez, Derash, Sod.
Peshat = the surface meaning
Remez = allusions or allegories
Derash = midrash way of finding new lessons
Sod = the hidden mystical Kabbalah way
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I think this is one of those really deep things that takes a long time to really understand. It applies to so much it has the tendency to mean very little until it is heavily explored.
Yeah, definately worth studying. Maybe a paper in Theology School some day?
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