[Avodah] kol hamoseif gorea

[Eli Turkel]

> I guess the upshot is if they were (all) not aware of  true and correct
> science, then this implies a failing in their gadlus in limud haTorah not
> just in their knowledge of secular studies, which in turn implies we have a
> lack in "emunas Chazal" if we do not reject this?

The gemara explicitly asks questions of doctors including nonJewish ones.
The gemara implies that doctors in Egypt knew medical procedures not
known by anyone else. Why would chazal ask outside opinions
and even do experiments if they knew everything from sodot?
R. Akiva explains pesukim based on what he learned in his travels to
Africa and other places. Abaye quotes his nurse with her advice.
The maid of Rebbi Yehuda haNasi was admired for her knowledge
of  Hebrew more than most tannaim. So we explicitly see that chazal were
willing to take advice and knowledge from all sources.


Eli Turkel