Rational Approach To Divine Origin of Judaism
Why Mi Yodeya Stack Exchange recommends it
Judaism Stack Exchange users link it as the standard presentation of the mass-revelation argument at Sinai when asking or answering questions about proofs for Judaism and the uniqueness of its claims.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2014 to 2016.
What it is
A roughly hour-long lecture by Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen, published by simpletoremember, arguing for a rational basis to believe in the divine origin of Judaism. It centers on the claim that Judaism alone rests on a public revelation witnessed by a whole nation, rather than on one or a few individuals.
What people said
Recommends Avrohom Yitzchok · 2014-02 · Mi Yodeya Stack Exchange · on “How do we answer those who claim G-d doesn't exist?”
Related to your question: [this video] Is there a rational basis to believe that Judaism is true? In this lecture, Lawrence Kelemen presents a rational approach to the Divine origin of Judaism. You will find out the one unique claim that Judaism makes that no other religion in history has made.
Cites Echad-Ani-Yodeya · 2014-04 · Mi Yodeya Stack Exchange · on “Potential issue with Theory on Divine Origins of Judaism?”
The core of a theory is that since Judaism is based on events witnessed by something like 3,000,000 Jews, it is true, while other religions rely on an individual or a few individuals who experienced a supernatural event that they then spread word of (which could be an uncheckable lie). There are many more details dealing with potential issues discussed in an article by Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen [LINK] and in this video [this video] where he gives a thorough lecture on the subject. I was reading a portion of Kings II when I came to the life of King Josiah. According to the annotations of my ArtScroll Stone Edition Tanakh, there was a severe lack of Torah knowledge during this time because of what Kin
Cites Baby Seal · 2016-09 · Mi Yodeya Stack Exchange · on “Native American Traditions and Mass Revelations”
In Deuteronomy( 4:32-34 [LINK] ), two points are made in reassuring Israel that God has not abandoned them. The reader is tasked with searching from one end of the heavens to the other to see if a God ever spoke to a nation of people who lived as the revelation at Sinai claims, or if a God ever deigned to take one nation from another as He did in the Exodus narrative. This Quora answer [LINK] mentions a developing theory that supports the occurrence of an exodus-like event within Egyptian history. This question will not deal with the uniqueness of this event. Rabbi Kelemen discusses [this video] the uniqueness of the revelation at Sinai. One of the points he asserts is that which is asserted in t