Noah, was he or wasn’t he?
Well, after you’ve already convinced me on the subject of God and logic, I decided to address my next question to you as well.
Regarding historical evidence for the accuracy of the biblical accounts, one can play on the field of uncertainty for a long time, until one reaches the stories of Creation and Noah.
I read a little on your site about the subject and even went through a few questions and articles, (whether or not there was a fish), but I still have doubts. How can one build a strong and stable world of faith on stories with evidence that is not in line with reality or logic at all, that is, how could it even be possible for “the earth to be filled with grass” before the creation of the sun? Or how can one even conceive that 5,000 years ago, every living thing under the sky was destroyed and Noah brought every kind and species that existed into his ark?
If we wanted to, we could say that all these stories are just parables intended to convey a message, but it doesn’t really seem like that’s what Moses intended when he gave us the Torah. Also, how can we even understand where the line between parable and reality is?
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Look, Uria Nuriel, it is indeed possible that the Book of Genesis is a collection of stories that actually happened (the stories of the patriarchs, the tribes, Joseph in Egypt, etc.), alongside stories that may have happened, just not in the exact way they are written (like the story of the flood, or the creation) – and all of this was written by a group of Hebrews. And in the end it entered the Bible. I do not see the need to say that Genesis was given directly from God, because unlike the other Pentateuch in which it is explicit that God spoke to Moses and told him to write the words and command the people, Genesis is not written in this way. And that is correct.
Honorable Rabbi Michael, I would be grateful if you could let me know, what do you think about this theory?
Aaron, if you're interested, I heard from Rabbi Uri Sharki that this is the position of Rabbi Shem Tov Gefen.
https://youtu.be/NBCyATWFYYk?si=bzquFOqYgXezM4Bh
Thank you Noah for the link. In any case, it is quite similar and not exactly what I said. Rabbi Sharki cites a place where He’ rests His hand on these writings and says to include them in the Bible. I argue that it is simply impossible to know whether He really said to include them or not.
Aaron,
Regarding what you wrote, you can read the writings of Dr. Cassuto.
I think his words are closer to what you wrote.
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