tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post113156575589091762..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: On David Weiss HalivniMississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-70776033043774100752011-08-28T10:24:12.819-04:002011-08-28T10:24:12.819-04:00"Halivni wants to say that God's Torah sa..."Halivni wants to say that God's Torah said "mammon tahas ayin", ("money for an eye") and not "'ayin tahas 'ayin", ("an eye for an eye"). That is a big, big leap of imagination."<br /><br />Except that the text does NOT say "an eye for an eye", but "eye for eye, tooth for tooth, life for life". This has been understood to mean monetary compensation (based on the value of the eye or limb etc.) to the victim.<br /><br />The Talmud goes all over this in great detail. "What if the perp only has one working eye", etc. The same dudes who did away with capital punishment.<br /><br />You should read the Torah more carefully. And then read the Talmud more carefully.<br /><br />Monetary compensation has been the way Jewish justice has ALWAYS operated ... for at least the last 3000 years.<br /><br />And you cannot find one instance of judicial eye gouging in all of Jewish history.<br /><br />Unlike the justice of the Christians.Doghouse Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787780633933119237noreply@blogger.com