tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post6197679767404054437..comments2023-11-02T12:16:19.495+02:00Comments on The Jewish Worker: Who wrote Megilas Esther?blukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-71244663589800503492009-03-05T07:45:00.000+02:002009-03-05T07:45:00.000+02:00According to the Pshat of the Gemara, Ezra only ch...According to the Pshat of the Gemara, Ezra only changed the script of Torah, the "font". Why then does this same Gemara stress that Ezra was worthy to receive the Torah? Changing fonts requires such authority? Read between the lines.madaralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464817724312275528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-42954870594232168602009-03-05T04:39:00.000+02:002009-03-05T04:39:00.000+02:00abiebaby, not nessicarily, although it is a denial...abiebaby, not nessicarily, although it is a denial of the rambam principle that the Torah we have today is the same as misinai. I don't agree with that conclusion, but there are some serious issues mentioned in the Gemara that give such an impression. I.e. A story in the gemara when the Jews came back to israel, the found 3 Torahs, 1 with alephs in places, 1 with heys, and 1 with a mix and they went by the majority. Why would this be an issue at all that they didn't know which was right if they had any Torah with them in bavel? Just devils advocate, but this is just one example of many that disagree with rambam, and we're relying on the hope that ruach hakodesh kept us on track, but that's just emunah.SpaceFalcon2001https://www.blogger.com/profile/09188003058911144496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-34932696605602920042009-03-04T23:29:00.000+02:002009-03-04T23:29:00.000+02:00רפאל" said... It could very well be that people...רפאל" said...<BR/><BR/> It could very well be that people had very good memories and wrote things down from that memory. That does not change authorship, though.<BR/><BR/> Look at what it says about Torah. Ezra received it in Aramaic, but that approach was cancelled. Instead, only the script was changed. One text was composed out of various sources (Masechet Sofrim). In my view it is obvious. Chazal hint at final redaction, but do not want to say it outright."<BR/><BR/>Is the above a denial of Torah Misinai?abiebabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910324719654636339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-85292277565897159382009-03-04T13:51:00.000+02:002009-03-04T13:51:00.000+02:00It could very well be that people had very good me...It could very well be that people had very good memories and wrote things down from that memory. That does not change authorship, though.<BR/><BR/>Look at what it says about Torah. Ezra received it in Aramaic, but that approach was cancelled. Instead, only the script was changed. One text was composed out of various sources (Masechet Sofrim). In my view it is obvious. Chazal hint at final redaction, but do not want to say it outright.madaralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464817724312275528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-30050111531260152442009-03-04T09:03:00.000+02:002009-03-04T09:03:00.000+02:00Except that in the case of the Megilla as I wrote ...Except that in the case of the Megilla as I wrote in the post Rashi comments on the pasuk, ויכתוב מרדכי - that Mordechai wrote the Megilla <B>as we have it</B>. <BR/><BR/>Regarding Yechezkel, Nevua is given to be said over. Yechezkel said over the nevuos when he got them but the Anshei Knesses Hagedola wrote them down later.blukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-74079225640856250112009-03-04T08:05:00.000+02:002009-03-04T08:05:00.000+02:00Anshei Knesset HaGedolah wrote all of Yechezkel? W...Anshei Knesset HaGedolah wrote all of Yechezkel? Who needs Yechezel, then? The final redaction took place in Eretz Yisrael, after the return from Bavel. Same thing with the Megilah. Same thing with the Torah.madaralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464817724312275528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-63926938120413952482009-03-03T18:47:00.000+02:002009-03-03T18:47:00.000+02:00The Greek versions have 6 extra chapters that were...The Greek versions have 6 extra chapters that were definitely not present in the Hebrew, basically making the text more about G-d, religiosity, and prayers. The exrtra chapters were almost certainly written around 170ish BCE, possibly by an assymilated Jew. In general it also tried to make the text connect more with Greeks, I.e. He is Haman the Macedonian.SpaceFalcon2001https://www.blogger.com/profile/09188003058911144496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-90754135561935955932009-03-03T10:52:00.000+02:002009-03-03T10:52:00.000+02:00I have no idea what you mean? Do the Christians ha...I have no idea what you mean? Do the Christians have a different version then us?blukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-84074249142921791392009-03-03T10:46:00.000+02:002009-03-03T10:46:00.000+02:00Could it be that the megilla that Mordechai wrote ...Could it be that the megilla that Mordechai wrote is the complete version found in the Christian Bible?Critically Observant Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281220943536673356noreply@blogger.com