Reply To: Science and Astronomy in the Torah

Pashuteh Yid,

“Chazal did not know the science of today.”

There is no reason to believe the “science of today” is entirely correct and will not be refuted by future scientists, just as past science has been refuted by current scientists.

“Had Chazal known the science of today, why didn’t they build an atomic bomb and drop it on Rome.”

If nothing else, because the RBS’O wanted the Beis Hamikdash to be destroyed.

Regarding the new chochma in the world, mentioned in the Zohar, that is new to the Umos Hoalom, not to Chazal.

BTW this isn’t my scholarship. I haven’t been to Oxford, nor even the JTS collection in NY! (Nor found all these mekoros.) I merely pieced together in a post what others have found.

Yasher Koach for the last paragraph!