Hmmm. I suppose I should have said, any part of the Tanakh can or should only be taken at face value.
Between the four different methods of interpreting the Torah: peschat, remez, drush and sod; the endless rabbinical interpretations and commentary disagreeing on the meaning for every passage for every method of interpretation; the entire set of talmudic rules for investigation and determination meaning; the very existence of the Talmud; the instances where people in the Torah interpret things non-literally (Daniel reinterpreting the time in the prophecy of Jeremiah for instance); and the numerous instances of conflicting passages, the idea of reading a passage with no context, no commentary, no rabbinical help and taking just my interpretation of the plain meaning to be the truth is completely foreign to me.
But perhaps I am being too general.
