Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Polycarp66 AT aol.com]

In a message dated 9/17/2002 8:19:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rosewalk AT concentric.net writes:


> If you would ONLY believe me
>
> The M'forshim, those who wrote down the Oral Torah, knew SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU!
>
> If ONLY you would listen


Shoshanna,

How do you KNOW so assuredly that they knew so much more than we do today?  It seems to me that in order to make that judgment, you would need to know not only more than others today, but more than those whose views you promote.

gfsomsel