Q&A: Rabbi Zamir Cohen's Biblical Archaeology
Rabbi Zamir Cohen's Biblical Archaeology
Question
Hello, honorable Rabbi, I wanted to ask the Rabbi what his opinion is of Rabbi Zamir Cohen's book series "Biblical Archaeology."
Thanks in advance
Answer
I’m not familiar with it. But based on the few things of his that I do know, I wouldn’t expect much.
Discussion on Answer
Tell me, Gurlin,
I already wanted to ask you this in the IQ thread, but it had gotten too sprawling; here it seems calmer to me.
Maybe for once you could finally define precisely who you mean when you say "Haredim."
Someone who studied in a Haredi yeshiva? Someone who grew up in a Haredi family? Anyone who defines himself as Haredi?
You make serious accusations against what you call "Haredim"; seemingly it would be appropriate for you to define exactly whom you mean, so that we too can judge whether your generalizations have any basis, or whether they come from hatred or ignorance and the like, or both. (I, for example, am classified as Haredi in certain constellations, and it has not been proven that my conversation partners' IQ drops after talking with me.)
With God's help, 24 Tammuz 5780
To Meir? / Mayer? — greetings,
Benjamin Gurlin never spoke about "Haredim" but about "Hareidim," and the difference is highly significant.
"Hareidim" are created by absorbing the double-yod. When "IQ" gets close to "Haredim," the double-yod passes from the "IQ" to the "Haredim," and then the "IQ" plummets and remains only "echo," while the Haredim who swallowed the double-yod become "Hareidim."
This phenomenon was already described in Safed by Rabbi Isaac Luria in his piyyut "I Will Arrange Praises," and it occurs at the time of breaking bread, as stated: "To break over bread, an olive-sized piece and an egg-sized piece; it takes two yods, doubled and weakened." Under its influence, the name of Rabbi Elazar Azikri's book was changed to "The Book of the Hareidim."
With blessings, Dr. Shimshuyin Leitz, Faculty of Gurlinology, Ben-Gurion University, Hiriya Park
Especially successful, Reb Shimshuyin.
On the site "To Know, To Believe" there are some pretty high-quality materials on the subject.
Hello Meir, a "Hareidi" is anyone who defines himself as such, and likewise anyone who feels affiliated with them, in the category of the "mixed multitude," "flock," and "herd," as it is written: "And also a mixed multitude went up with them, and flocks and herds, very much livestock."
As for your son, may he live long, it should be clarified whether he also defines himself as a Hareidi. If the answer is yes, that is the reason he does not experience an "IQ drop"; but if the answer is no, the necessary conclusion would be that a Hareidi sees every blemish except his own!!!
To remove any suspicion, I have known the Hareidim for many years; for decades I was flesh of their flesh, and to this day I am their neighbor…
Tzachi.
Zamir Cohen is personable, and that wins over many people. But he's no less than an ignoramus. He makes a joke of himself in all these fields. So I agree that there isn't much to expect.
By the way, where are the ruins of historical Bnei Brak?