Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>]

Shoshanna, you started talking about this, stating that Christians
believe in the Torah, and then redefining the Torah. So don't blame me
for correcting your apparent factual errors.

Peter Kirk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shoshanna Walker [mailto:rosewalk AT concentric.net]
> Sent: 24 January 2002 23:55
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Re: God's name: was Curious abut "G-d"
> 
> And this of course has nothing at all to do with the topic at hand...
> 
> 
> 
> You are right, either did this:
> 
> For clarification here: Christians do not "believe in" or consider
> > > authoritative this "Oral Torah" or the other literature Shoshanna
> > > mentions here , etc.
> 
> Shoshanna
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Yes, Christians do not believe in the Oral Torah.
> >
> > But I am amazed how many "Christians", contest the fact that Israel
is
> our
> > inheritance, as written in the Written Torah.
> >
> > Shoshanna
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > For clarification here: Christians do not "believe in" or consider
> > > authoritative this "Oral Torah" or the other literature Shoshanna
> > > mentions here. We consider authoritative (in varying senses) the
> Hebrew
> > > Bible, including the written Torah, and the New Testament (and a
few
> > > extra "deuterocanonical" books for some), and of course we have
our
> own
> > > traditions. But the points you are making here are not part of the
> faith
> > > of (at least the great majority of) Christians.
> > >
> > > Peter Kirk
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Shoshanna Walker [mailto:rosewalk AT concentric.net]
> > > > Sent: 24 January 2002 20:59
> > > > To: Biblical Hebrew
> > > > Subject: Re: God's name: was Curious abut "G-d"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >But this was documented in the Torah, it is not "my"
religious=20
> > > > > >beliefs, and Christians, I am told by Christians, also
believe in
> > > > the=20
> > > > > >Torah
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you give us book, chapter, and verse on the claim it's
> document
> > > in
> > > > > the Torah?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > No, I cannot, because Torah includes Written, as well as, Oral
> Torah,
> > > > which
> > > > was subsequently written down, in Mishna, Talmud, Kabbala, and
> > > Rabbinical
> > > > Torah commentaries, such as Rashi, etc., and the literature is
> > > massive,
> > > > and
> > > > I do not know the exact sources for this, but I know, as I have
been
> > > > taught,
> > > > just as everyone else who has been brought up in the Jewish
> tradition,
> > > has
> > > > been taught.
> > > >
> > > > shoshanna
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
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