Torah from heaven
Hello Rabbi.
Regarding the classical criticism of the time of writing of the Torah, it would seem correct to say that once I accept the assertion that the Torah is from heaven, it is not really relevant.
After all, on a fundamental level, God could write the entire Bible, the Mishnah, and the Talmud, and, by contrast, the books of Kopiku and Chipopo.
So it’s not that I’m calling for ignoring questions of style, content, etc., but rather that the moment I believe that Torah is from heaven, all of these questions – which are important in themselves (and I really love the world of the Bible) – become historical questions into theological questions, whether or not they have an answer (after all, I’m not God’s secretary and I have no information about the principle writing style he chose. All I can say is that empirically it is evident that he chose to use a group of styles (I also have no problem using the names accepted in the world of biblical criticism, for that matter) and perhaps theological conclusions can be drawn from this analysis, or perhaps not (more or less like the question of the reasons for the commandments).)
What does the rabbi think?
I’m not sure I understood the question.
The debate about styles is conducted in the context of the discussion of whether Torah truly comes from heaven. If you accept this a priori, then you can follow the path of Rabbi Breuer in his Torah of Exams, and claim that God chose different styles to teach us all sorts of things. Of course, different conclusions can be drawn from this, since it was not by chance that the different styles were chosen.
Okay, thank you very much.
The question is whether it is correct to deny any relationship between the question of styles and the question of Torah from heaven?
And more – Is there a reason not to accept this a priori (by virtue of tradition)?
It is not correct to deny any relationship, but there is no need to tie it.
Tradition is not a necessary thing and it also requires justification. Incidentally, acceptance by virtue of tradition is not a priori acceptance.
Okay, thank you.
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