Now you state the reason why Slifkin wrote his books.
However what you leave out is the fact that virtually every single question that Slifkin raised, nearly all of them have been raised and debated. And the conclusions that Slifkin wishes to state were condemned as Kefira.
In Rav Moshe Shapiro (considered by many the foremost authority on Aggadita today and a talmid of Rav Dessler) penned a personal letter declaring Slifkin’s books Muktzah.
It’s an interesting letter if you know a little bit about Slifkin’s opinion’s.
A Sefer that Slifkin qoutes as a “Rishon” is one sefer Meor Einayim by someone called Azariah de Rossi.
What Slifkin neglects to emphasize is that in the part of the book de Rossi explains his veiw on Chazal he virtually explictly argues head on with the Remah.
Slifkin also neglects to mention that virtually everyone condemned De Rossi’s approach as “kefirah”.
Including the Maharal of Prague.
In Rav Moshe Shapiro’s letter he specifically mentions Meor Einayim and compares Slifkin’s approach to De Rossi’s and say’s something along the lines that the Mahral already declared it Kefira then.