New archaeological finds add to the debate on the hypothesis that the Mountain Har Karkom, in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, can be identified with the biblical Mount Sinai. The area is the north of the Sinai peninsula, between Eilat and Gaza, inside the state of Israel, in the area which still preserves today the biblical name of Negev. We first visited Har […]
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Definitively Refuting the Kuzari Principle -Textuality*
[A picture of the Iceland volcano eruption, 2010. The smoke and lightening are awe-inspiring.] The Kuzari Principle holds that some events cannot be invented or hoaxed because they have an unforgettable character and have occurred before a massive public. Accordingly, biblical miracles such as “manna from heaven”–a repeated occurrence–and the revelation at Sinai are too exceptional […]
*Is the story of a divine miracle at Mt. Sinai, witnessed by a national audience, unique among cultures or religions?
up vote18down votefavorite 3 There is a claim, made by Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen in his books (such as Permission to Receive) and lectures (such as this “The Veracity of Torah” lecture on TorahCafé), that the story of a divine miracle at Mt. Sinai (the revelation of God) taking place before the entire “nation of Israel” is unique among cultures and […]