Interpreted on this principle [that the Bible should be interpreted allegorically and metaphorically], the Bible, says Spinoza, contains nothing contrary to reason. But, interpreted literally, it is full of errors, contradictions, and obvious impossibilities – as that the Penteteuch was written by Moses. The more philosophical interpretation reveals, through the mist of allegory and poetry, [...]
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