Q&A: Reliability of Tradition
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Reliability of Tradition
Question
Hello, honored Rabbi. From the standpoint of the reliability of tradition, there is no difference between the story of the Exodus from Egypt and any other historical story. But why should an ancient tradition, especially one without proof, be regarded as reliable at all? (Any story, even a historical one.) What credibility do the transmitters of a tradition have that we should believe them when they say that we were millions of people who experienced a revelation, etc.?
Answer
See my fifth booklet (the fifth conversation in the first book of the trilogy: The First Existent).