... right up the road. Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt and set up camp right here! Joseph was sold as a slave right down the street; his family lived a block away. Elijah used to hang out with his buddies in that field across the street. My experience differs from that of the Jews, though; I don't worship the people in Tales of the Alhambra. I know that the stories aren't real, even though they are important. I value reality enough to turn elsewhere for spiritual connections. Judaism's spiritual connection to legendary stories contrasts the realistic modern-day implementation of its fundamental beliefs. Biblical stories are important not because they are real, but because they convey a symbolic or metaphorical message. I know that. But if that is true, then it is also true that there is symbolic or metaphorical value in the laws of God laid down in Leviticus and ...

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