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Ratio

Question

Can one rely on the Ratio website, or is it basically just pseudo-scientific propaganda?

Answer

I’m not familiar enough with it. From what I’ve seen there were definitely worthwhile things there. Of course, there’s an agenda there, so there is reason for suspicion. But that is true of almost every website from any side.

Discussion on Answer

M (2020-10-26)

The site is mainly a collection of articles, most of them academic, from journals. Even if one does not accept the site owner’s own articles, which in my opinion also contain good things, the collection there is very useful in any case for someone who does not have access to such materials.

Gil (2020-10-26)

There is no Israeli website that comes close to the amount of information on biblical scholarship and theology that the Ratio website has. It does not seem like it could even have an equivalent in the coming decade. This is a phenomenon in every sense of the word—and there are very few such people, as Rabbi Michi would testify about himself. When such a personality connects to the internet, it is a privilege for all of us. May we be worthy.

Sasson (2020-10-26)

Gil, is the phenomenon Yehoshua Inbal?

Dvir (2020-10-26)

There are even a few articles by Rabbi Michi there.

Sasson (2020-10-26)

There is a big difference between the two. I don’t know in terms of basic abilities or the total scope of accumulated knowledge, but there is a difference when you get close and feel around. One deals with many small ideas, each of which leaves a lot of room for debate, while the other deals—in the core of his work—with a few relatively large ideas, each of which is supposed to be as solid as the foundation stone. There is a well-known expression about the difference between a mountain and a minister: a mountain, the closer you get to it, the bigger it looks.

Yoav (2020-10-27)

It doesn’t seem like you can call this serious research

https://rationalbelief.org.il/Bob Enyart raises doubts regarding the dating of MM/

Kobi (2020-10-27)

I would suggest taking it with a grain of salt. The Arachim organization, with which he is affiliated, has quite a few times been caught distorting things, and sometimes even outright lying.
From the little I’ve seen, they draw problematic conclusions, and very often appeal to the personal angle in their articles.
You can find a few discussions here on the site.

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