[Avodah] Humanoids, Who Cares? What Difference Does it Make?

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Meir Rabi asked:

> The new book Echoes of Eden by Rabbi Ari Kahn .... that Adam
> Harishon co-existed with non-human humanoids. This says Rabbi
> Moshe Eisemann, is the position of the Ramban.
>
> Who Cares?
> What Difference Does it Make?
> ...
> Must I accept/believe these positions?
> ...
> Why does anyone bother with these types of inquiries?
> Is it Talmud Torah?

It is all too clear to me that I don't understand RMR's question.

The subtitle is "Insights into the weekly Torah portion", and it is written by someone who teaches at Aish Hatorah. No, you don't have to accept his positions, but is that enough to passul it from being Talmud Torah?

Personally, I "bother with these types of inquiries" because Bereshis 6:4 sure sounds to me like it MIGHT be talking about non-human humanoids, or something to that effect, and I don't recall ever hearing an understanding of those pesukim that didn't sound like convoluted apologetics.

If this sefer doesn't interest RMR, that's fine with me. There are probably many seforim which he learns diligently that don't interest me. Neither of us should be publicly defaming such seforim by asking, "Why does anyone bother with these types of inquiries?" As I said in the beginning, it is all too clear to me that I don't understand RMR's question.

Akiva Miller

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