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The Prohibition on Outside Books

Question

Since the Sages prohibited outside books (such as Ben Sira), it is clear that not every book that is not for Torah study is prohibited (medicine, mathematics, etc.). Is listening to the views of heretics, such as in Richard Dawkins’s book Is There a God?, a problem? And in your understanding, what are the parameters of this issue? And when?

Answer

There are no fixed parameters. It cannot be that there is a prohibition on reading any book that deals with analysis and argumentation.

Discussion on Answer

Naftali (2023-09-28)

So why did they prohibit those books?

Michi (2023-09-28)

See my column on “And you shall not stray.”

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