This Special Discussion Forum was developed in conjunction with the presentation of a special 13 week series, entitled CREDO 13, on Maimonides' Principles of Faith that orginally aired in Ontario, in Spring 2005, on Sunday evenings, at 10:00 pm, on CTS. While this Discussion Forum is presented in connection with this program, viable participation in it is not limited to those who have seen the show.
The Eighth Principle is that the Torah is Divine and has not been changed. There are two aspects to this principle. One is that the Torah was given on Sinai and is the absolute Word of God. The second is that the Torah that we possess today is the exact same Torah that God gave Moshe at Sinai. In other words, there was no "broken telephone." The problem is that even the Talmud admits that there were some issues regarding the letters of the Torah so the absolute words of Rambam would seem to have to be tempered -- but to what extent and where do we draw the line? Afterall whether we are absolutely sure about some letters does not deny the major assertion that the Torah is for all intent and purposes the same.
The Eighth Principle is that the Torah is Divine and has not been changed. There are two aspects to this principle. One is that the Torah was given on Sinai and is the absolute Word of God. The second is that the Torah that we possess today is the exact same Torah that God gave Moshe at Sinai. In other words, there was no "broken telephone." The problem is that even the Talmud admits that there were some issues regarding the letters of the Torah so the absolute words of Rambam would seem to have to be tempered -- but to what extent and where do we draw the line? Afterall whether we are absolutely sure about some letters does not deny the major assertion that the Torah is for all intent and purposes the same.
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