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      5. RASHI METHOD: CONTRADICTION
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi resolves contradictory verses using 3 methods.
      • (5a) Resolution using two aspects of the same event
      • (5b) Resolution using two stages of the same process
      • (5c) Resolution using broad-literal interpretation.
      This examples applies to Rashis Dt01-27c
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w34n5.htm
      Brief Summary: The Jews complained that GOD HATES US. But God loved the Jews? The Jews projected their own hatred of God onto God.

The table below presents two contradictory verses. Both verses talk about the emotional attitude of God to the Jews. The underlined words highlight the contradiction. One verse says God hates us [the Jews] while the other verse says ...because of God's love of you [the Jews] Which is it? Does God love or hate the Jews. Rashi simply resolves this using the broad-literal method: The statement that God loves the Jews is true. The statement of the Jews because of God's hatred of us can be interpreted using the psychological phenomena of projection - that is, the Jews projected their own hatred of God onto God's attitude towards them.

Summary Verse / Source Text of verse / Source
God hates the Jews Dt01-27 And you murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us [the Jews], He has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
God loves the Jews Dt07-08 #####
Resolution: Broad-literal The statement that God loves the Jews is true. The statement of the Jews because of God's hatred of us can be interpreted using the psychological phenomena of projection - that is, the Jews projected their own hatred of God onto God's attitude towards them. 


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