[Avodah] Rishonim and Chazal (was One Opinion)

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 06:52:00PM -0400, R Zvi Lampel wrote:
> (a) Chazal did not have a single viewpoint on the matter, which left it  
> open to analysis (between the viewpoints offered) for an original  
> suggestion or, better yet, as the Rambam explains,
>
> (b) Chazal's principle that "the world follows its natural course,"  
> based upon the /posuk, "/There is nothing new under the sun," is so  
> over-arching that it outweighs the opposing /shitta/ implied in the  
> /Ahvos/ /mishnah/.

I suggested over a decade ago a broader version of (b). That new
approaches in aggadita and parshanut were valid if there was any
mesoretic basis, and only invalid if suggested for reasons other than
issures raised internal to Torah.

I'm afraid to go into detail, lest it causes us to revisit the
issue of whether one may believe in a limited version of the mabul.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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