[Avodah] Did Someone Forget Eilu v'eilu?
Dov Bloom
dovb at netvision.net.il
Mon Oct 29 13:27:23 PDT 2007
Re: the Rambam's shita that meetings with angels told in Tanach are prophetic visions --
See Moreh Nevuchin Helek Bet 43
Ramban Breishit 18 1 quotes the Moreh and violently argues (eleh d'varim ...asur leshom'am af ki le-haamin bahem), but a bit later he is "modeh be'miktzat" and says that if the psukim refer to "anashim" the Moreh doesn't apply, but it does apply if the psukim say "mal'achim".
Radak Breishit 18 1 ff "veyeish lefareish ki kol sippur had'varim haeleh ... haya be-mareh ha-nevuah" follows the Moreh
Radak Breishit 32 26 (Yaakov and the malach in Vayislach) "ve-chol ha-maaseh haze efshar she-haya ba-mareh ha-nevuah ba-chalom"
I'm sure there are many more places where the philosophically oriented / Rambam oriented Rishonim continue to use the shita found in the Moreh.
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