Adult Ed via Go To Meeting – Transcription of the Torah by Various People Over the Centuries

This will be lead by our Congregation President, Richard Sherman.

During this talk, you will not be hearing any challenges to the Torah being inspired by G-d.

You will be hearing that many theologians and academics from the Jewish and Christian faiths firmly believe that the various people who transcribed ancient oral traditions into writing were influenced by the context of the times and cultures during which they wrote. They used vocabulary which we frequently don’t understand and cultural concepts we don’t know about which are needed to make sense out of many of the Torah’s crucial components. Relatively recent archeological discoveries have shed light on much of the ancient vocabulary and bits of the cultures existing over the long period during which the Torah was transcribed.

I’ll give examples showing that the words we read in English translations of the Torah frequently have little to do with the meanings of the original words. I’ll also introduce examples of various parts of the Torah in which the same story is presented in several different ways and will highlight several contradictions.

Once you join the meeting and we finish saying hello and general schmoozing, the most important step you can take is to mute your microphone on your computer/laptop/iPad and please figure out ahead of time how to mute your phone. Everyone needs to stay muted unless you want to ask a question.  Your phone is often the biggest creator of echoes and other noise that impacts everyone’s ability to hear the program.