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Was Terah 70 or 130 when Abraham was born? - Genesis 11:26

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--- Quote from: Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim on December 11, 2007, 05:39:59 PM ---Terah did not die when Abraham left Haran. The Torah simply records his death there because his role in the story is finished. The same is done for Abraham's death. His death is recorded in the end of Chayei Sarah but he really died after Jacob was already born, in Parashat Toledot. The red lentils Jacob was eating were Isaac's food of mourning for Abraham.



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I don`t know how much of what you say is based on the plain text, and how much from midrash.  Perhaps none is midrash.. But I will point out

Plain text is stronger..   (accurate)

Midrashim are not as strong , less accurate. So, as RAMBAN eloquently writes in his debate (published in book `judaism on trial`) you can choose which midrashim you accept. They sometimes contradict each other because they were not transmitted so well.  Which is fine.. it is not law that we live on.

The biblical criticism that was posted was to argue based on the plain text of the bible, that it was wrong. It makes most sense to answer that with the plain text of the bible.   That is better than answering them with a book that they do not accept.

ChristianZionist is probably Christian, and thus he would not believe any oral tradition..   Which is quite convenient, because it is our inheritance and our betrothed, and were we to teach it to a gentile, it would make that gentile like a thief and an adulterer "!!!!"

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