What part can the Torah (Pentateuch) play in Polydox Judaism?
7A. The Torah can serve a number of different functions in Polydox Judaism. Among them is the Torah’s status as a symbol of the Jewish quest for ultimate meaning and values. Also, the Torah is a rich source of theological, ritual, and ethical insights. The Torah is not viewed in a Polydoxy as the literal word of a deity, rather, it is human in origin. Accordingly, the Torah is taken as a fallible document as all human efforts are and, therefore, the rules and regulations it commands are not obligatory upon the Polydox Jew. By comparison, the Torah is taken to be the literal “word of God” by Orthodox Judaism and its commandments, therefore, are obligatory upon the Orthodox Jew.
