pardes
uAccording to JPS
handbook -- Derash interpretation used by the rabbis “…until the rise of Islam 600 AD
when Jewish scholars were exposed to Greek rational modes of thought and
historical perspective, as well as the scientific study of language…”
–However, when were the Rabbis first exposed to Greek rational modes
of thought?
–When did Rabbis have
to contend with a real world historical perspective?
–When did language really begin to have a great effect on Hebrew
thought?