[Avodah] kol hamoseif gorea

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Micha Berger wrote:
> But RET is talking about the claim that they knew all of
> science, not that they got glimpses of future devices. 
> IOW, the claim under the discussion is bedavka about
> knowing the "how". 

R' Rich Wolpoe responded:
> And I'm saying those who stake that claim labor under a
> mis-understanding. They take the knowledge of the WHAT to
> mean the HOW also. It's a classic hiluq
> ...
> Hazal knew OF advanced medicine and so they consulted the
> hands-on experts. Their knowledge was simple -- they knew
> the potentials. The actual engineering details often belonged
> to secular sources.

RRW's understanding of Chazal is very similar to mine. But it is NOT the same as the position quoted by RET.

Let's be very clear: RRW is *not* offering an explanation which serves to make the two camps compatible. Rather, in his view, there most definitely were limits to how much scientific knowledge Chazal had, in contrast to the other view, which claims they lacked nothing.

Akiva Miller

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