[Avodah] Local, Non-Global or Global Flood

[Dr. Daniel Israel]

On Nov 25, 2010, at 9:05 AM, Zev Sero wrote:
> ... the original author of the psalm (who is presumably Moshe Rabbenu) ...

Adam HaRishon, according to B"R.


On Dec 1, 2010, at 5:10 AM, Eli Turkel wrote:
> We have already mentioned the Rambam that if he was convinced that the world
> was eternal he would have accepted that. Only because a finite time
> earth was conceivable was he willing to not accept Aristotle.

OTOH, I do wonder if he had concluded that Aristotle had given a
conclusive proof and re-interpreted the verse accordingly, would he have
attained the same place in the mesorah? He was controversial as it was.

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Daniel Israel
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