Why Moses Did Not Write the Torah At left: “Moses Breaking the Tablets” by Gustave Doré (d. 1883). Click image to enlarge. The Torah — the first five books of the Hebrew Bible — was traditionally held to be the work of Moses, as dictated by God. But starting with some rabbinic voices in the […]
The national revelation at Sinai never happened
SOME ARE CHOSEN, ALL ARE LOVED
SOME ARE CHOSEN, ALL ARE LOVED Rabbi Gilbert S. Rosenthal Executive Director, National Council of Synagogues I. THE PROBLEM “The central point of Jewish theology and the key to an understanding of the nature of Judaism is the doctrine, ‘God chose Israel as His people.’” So argued Kaufmann Kohler, the eminent Reform theologian, in his […]
A Jew claims that the national revelation of millions of Jews (in Mount Sinai) is proof of God’s existence. How would an atheist respond to that?
A Jew claims that the national revelation of millions of Jews (in Mount Sinai) is proof of God’s existence. How would an atheist respond to that? Answer Steven Anzaroot , Manager Safety & Compliance (2004-present) Answered September 7, 2019 Have you read the book of Kings 2? Towards the end of the book there is related the […]
The Kuzari Principle
The Kuzari Principle There is an argument known as the Kuzari Principle. It tries to justify belief in whole swathes of the Biblical narrative, especially in the revelation at Mount Sinai. In this blog post, I hope to show that the argument is much stronger than it might seem. The name of the argument is […]
The national revelation at Sinai never happened
The national revelation at Sinai probably never happened The traditional “proof” of Judaism is that there were 600,000 witnesses to the revelation at Sinai with God himself speaking to the entire Jewish nation. Standard apologetics around this idea include: No other group has or can ever lay claim to a national revelation. Such a large […]