Have we been guilty of Israel’s greatest interpretative error? For centuries they have made the dreadful mistake of turning to their Talmud and to other uninspired writings written long ago by their forerunners. To find the meaning of a Scriptural statement or passage, they ask how one of their forerunners has interpreted it! For them, that ancient interpretation has become so authoritative that it is impossible now for them to allow the text of Scripture to speak for itself. The revelation of God