Books : Permission to Receive
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by: Lawrence Kelemen
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 809
EAN: 9781568710990
ISBN: 1568710992
Label: Targum
Manufacturer: Targum
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 232
Publication Date: 1996-05
Publisher: Targum
Sales Rank: 447483
Studio: Targum
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Four rational approaches to the Torah's Divine Origin, for those who value both intellectual integrity and the Jewish spiritual inheritance.
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Rating:  - Permission or Obligation to Receive?
Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen's "Permission to Receive" follows his book "Permission to Believe". In the latter Kelemen argues for the existence of God; in this book he argues for the central claim of Orthodox Judaism, that the Torah is God's immutable word. "Permission to Receive" is superior to "Permission to Believe", in my opinion, and can be read independently. It also seems to me that some of the evidence that God revealed the Torah is also evidence that God exists.
Kelemen presents two arguments ... Read More
Rating:  - If you already believe, this makes you feel good
The book is not bad. If you are already sure or pretty sure that the bible is of totally divine origin, than this sure helps to solidy that view and provides a couple of logical/rational arguments to counter opposing viewpoints. But, for someone who is questioning, they are not convinced and also feel somewhat patronized because the author tries to pull idea over on you as if you were an idiot. One of the chapters too, the one that argues that the Jewish people and particularly the state of Israel is objectively ... Read More
Rating: - Well written & engrossing but, I'm not convinced
I believe in G-d and I consider Torah to be holy but, I am not convinced that it was literally revealed by G-d at Sinai. I have read Kelemen's earlier book entitled "Permission to Believe." In that book, he argues for the existence of G-d and I agree with his conclusion, in that book, that G-d is real. This book, howver, did not convince me that the nature of G-d is such that He literally revealed Himself. Nonetheless, Kelemen makes a well reasoned argument.
Of four arguments that he makes, the most ... Read More
Rating: - Methodical approach to determine the source of the bible
If you need conclusive proof that the Five Books of Moses were given to the Israelites at Mt. Sinai, I'm afraid you'll never find it. In Permission to Receive, however, Rabbi Kelemen presents four arguments to support the contention of Traditional Judaism that the Israelites as a nation did, in fact, receive both the Oral (Talmud) and Written (Five Books of Moses) Law at Mt. Sinai via Divine revelation. Presented in methodical manner, it is an easy and informative read. The arguments examine whether the narrative ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent book! - A few proofs author neglected to mention
This is the best book on the subject that I have ever read. However, here are two additional proofs the author neglected to mention.
1) Although the author convincingly proves that the Torah could not have been written sometime later in history (the Missing Hero argument), he does not do a good job proving that Moses did not write it or transmit it. However, this is implausible because the Torah states about a half dozen places such statements as "You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain. The ... Read More
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