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15 Feb 2017 Conversations with Tyler Rabbi David Wolpe on Leadership, Religion, and Identity (Live at Sixth & I)
“The Koran is — and this you should excuse me, for the home team, I like Judaism much better — the Koran is very unwilling to allow any sinfulness in its heroes.”
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- 15 Feb 2017
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…If you think of the portrayal of David, the David story in the Koran, and you compare it to that in the Hebrew Bible, do you think that reflects something that later becomes troubling, or do you just think it’s a rewrite? I think, well, this is part of a much larger question. There are a lot of differences between the Koran and the Hebrew Bible. David is one thing. The Koran is — and this you should excuse me, for the home team, I like Judaism much better — the Koran is very unwilling to allow any sinfulness in its heroes. He’s much more heroic, David; as is Moses.…
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