'the jewish' what?

In reponse to my last post a reader who goes by the name the jewish freak comments thus:

You make a good point. One of the Christian criticisms of Judaism is that the Rabbis have "interpreted" The Bible. That is nonsense! Any reader of The Bible must of necessity interpret it. Is the Rabbis interpretation a valid one? Well that's a completely different question.

A pretty sensible comment and not very freakish.

Judaism is all about the Rabbis interpretation of The Bible. That is what Judaism is, a religion whose creed, rituals and laws are built upon a given interpretation of a holy book. To understand Judaism one must understand that interpretation, and attempt as far as possible, to understand how and why they reached that interpretation. That has got to be the primary objective, and hopefully that will be this blogs primary objective. A 'serious' understanding of The Bible is secondary, if that.