Regarding Talmudic criticism
peace,
I read with great care the article "On the New Talmudic Criticism: A General Introduction (column 674)."
As I understand it, one of the central ideas there is that there is no need to defend "conservative dogmas."
But it seems to me that the main goal of the critics is to attack these dogmas, and to show
Using examples, the irrelevance of Orthodox Judaism. If we give up on dogmas,
So what's left to discuss? We can simply say that the critics are right. And this is what the article implies:
If there can be a mistake anywhere — then what is true? What actually remains of Judaism? And why, for example,
Conservative Judaism is not the right approach?
In my opinion, all of Orthodox Judaism is built on various dogmas, which constitute a rabbinical approach.
On a personal level, everyone has their own set of dogmas in which they believe: there are those for whom the word
The Posk of our generation is "Daat Torah." Some refer to the Talmud as supreme wisdom, and some are content with
By faith, Moses our Lord received the Torah from Sinai.
If we give up on dogmas, then in my opinion we are left with only faith.
So perhaps the right question is: What do we believe—and why?