Grace and peace to you all,
I had a conversation today with one of my brethren according to the flesh, an Ultra-Orthodox Rabbinist. We discussed several issues, and our conversation came to the question of the authority of the traditions that they erronously call the Oral Torah (this being the Talmud and Mishna), as well as rabbinical authority more generally. At this point our conversation ended quite abbruptly.
His arguments included the old misinterpetation of Deuteronomy 17:10, as well as the assertion that the so-called Oral Torah is of Sinai, against my assertion that it is of men. I countered with the context of Deuteronomy 17:10, as well as Issiah 29:13-14. He quite dismissed these arguments. Now this is the point our conversation ended. My question is:
Which other old testament scriptures or first principles can be used to refute such claims of rabbinical (as well as consiliar or papal) authority?
For context, this view of rabbinical authority goes very far, to the point where if a rabbi told this young man his right hand was his left and vice versa, he would be constrained to believe it.
I had a conversation today with one of my brethren according to the flesh, an Ultra-Orthodox Rabbinist. We discussed several issues, and our conversation came to the question of the authority of the traditions that they erronously call the Oral Torah (this being the Talmud and Mishna), as well as rabbinical authority more generally. At this point our conversation ended quite abbruptly.
His arguments included the old misinterpetation of Deuteronomy 17:10, as well as the assertion that the so-called Oral Torah is of Sinai, against my assertion that it is of men. I countered with the context of Deuteronomy 17:10, as well as Issiah 29:13-14. He quite dismissed these arguments. Now this is the point our conversation ended. My question is:
Which other old testament scriptures or first principles can be used to refute such claims of rabbinical (as well as consiliar or papal) authority?
For context, this view of rabbinical authority goes very far, to the point where if a rabbi told this young man his right hand was his left and vice versa, he would be constrained to believe it.
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