Yet the Bible is clearly nostalgic for many things, like the United Monarchy (or monarchy in general), the wilderness and the Manna, G-d's miracles, even Egypt we are commanded to remember again and again. So Id suggest it's not nostalgia (even rose tinted) that is being rejected by the Tanakh but the objects which we valued improperly in the past.
This is just as true for the young ruler in the NT as it is for Lot's Wife. (Peter is interesting but I think isn't nostalgia really, more a loss of flow state).
I would say there is a large difference between nostalgia and memorial. The tradition of, "may your memory be eternal" is a good and holy one. We are called to remember many things and these are things that don't stop our momentum or hold us back. We are told to "remember lot's wife" as well! I don't have an issue with remembering and memorializing things in the past, but when the past is merged with the present and it is clearly incompatibile with the two.
The Sodom of the past was not the sodom of the present or the future and to try and remember it with nostalgia was clearly out of order.
Yet the Bible is clearly nostalgic for many things, like the United Monarchy (or monarchy in general), the wilderness and the Manna, G-d's miracles, even Egypt we are commanded to remember again and again. So Id suggest it's not nostalgia (even rose tinted) that is being rejected by the Tanakh but the objects which we valued improperly in the past.
This is just as true for the young ruler in the NT as it is for Lot's Wife. (Peter is interesting but I think isn't nostalgia really, more a loss of flow state).
I would say there is a large difference between nostalgia and memorial. The tradition of, "may your memory be eternal" is a good and holy one. We are called to remember many things and these are things that don't stop our momentum or hold us back. We are told to "remember lot's wife" as well! I don't have an issue with remembering and memorializing things in the past, but when the past is merged with the present and it is clearly incompatibile with the two.
The Sodom of the past was not the sodom of the present or the future and to try and remember it with nostalgia was clearly out of order.