[Avodah] Traditional Methodologies

[Lisa Liel]

On 7/23/2013 2:25 PM, Rich, Joel wrote:
>> It should be noted that Dr. Farber's Academic Bible studies at Hebrew U,
>> at which point he had already rejected the traditional understanding
>> of Torah min HaShamayim (by his own admission), took place BEFORE he
>> entered YCT.
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>> Lisa
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> Is it the contention that simply by studying Academic Bible one has
> rejected the traditional understanding of Torah Min Hashamayim?
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It depends on how one does it.  Most (not all, but most) academic Bible 
study starts from the /a priori/ assumption that the Torah was /not/ 
given by God in its current form.  Further, most academic Bible study is 
entirely closed to that as so much as a possibility.

Engaging in that sort of study as a kind of thought experiment is one 
thing.  But accepting it is certainly a rejection of Torah min 
ha-Shamayim.  Sort of by its very definition.

> On a related (in my mind) topic -- if time viewing were invented so that
> one could observe (but not impact) prior events, would we accept the
> "testimony" of the tannaim and amorayim as to what was actually said or
> would this be considered a nontraditional methodology?
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Get back to me when you have a time machine.

Lisa
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