Article: Oral Torah – A Historical, Philosophical, and Biblical Basis for Its Authority

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asked 8 years ago

Hello Rabbi.
I finished writing an article that establishes the authority of the Toshba . I think it can be useful to many people, so I am publishing it here. In the article, I tried to gather only the strongest explanations that have been said on these topics, and also to add new ones of my own, and to bring the matter into one overall picture. The article also uses, among other things, the arguments that you wrote here on the site.
It seems to me that much of what is written in it is unknown to the majority of the public.

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מיכי Staff answered 8 years ago

A great blessing. I quickly skimmed through the pages of the article and saw that it was good. Although there is quite a bit to comment on, it is difficult for me to respond to it at the moment. I’m just saying that the article is directed against Christians but less effective towards secularists. It is based on assumptions that some of them do not accept (such as the completeness of the biblical text and its completeness from Sinai. The reliability of the prophets and their predecessors, etc.). This is not a criticism, of course. That’s perfectly fine, but one must be aware of it. Your journey to Oriyta.

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y replied 8 years ago

Thank you.
Indeed, part of the article is addressed to those who accept the written Torah in its entirety (it is impossible to prove the flexibility of the language of the Torah from its contradictions to those who believe that there are several writers).
But it seems to me that it also contains a response to those who do not accept the integrity of the Bible. Chapter 7 shows the authority to shape and change the Torah, and in conjunction with chapters 2 and 3 on authority, there seems to be a strong basis for accepting the Toshish.
Besides, if the one who challenges the integrity of the Torah continues to hold practically in all its parts, then the argument of tradition turns a blind eye to him.