More
claims from Gil Student:
10. The laws of inheritance as stated in Numbers [27:8-11] cannot begin to address all of the many complicated situations that can and have arisen throughout the generations. Without an oral law, how does a society apply the biblical inheritance laws [Kuzari, ibid; Rashbatz, ibid.]?
The above claim
by Student/Kuzari, is not even an alleged proof for oral law, but a
question. It has 2 parts to it.
1)
It claims that the laws in Numbers 27 cannot address all of the
inheritance situations.
2)
It asks how does a society apply Biblical law, in the absence of oral
law?
Firstly, the
laws in Numbers 27 do address most of the normal type of inheritance
situations. Rabbis tend to argue that some very rare complicated case is not
covered by a regular law, and hence they need the oral law. But that is not a proof of the existence of
an oral law. It is seeking an exception
to the rule. This tactic, is also used by Islam.
The 2nd
part has several answers. In absence of an oral law, society applies
Biblical Law the way it is written in the Bible.
However, if we
read the same chapter in Numbers that is cited by Kuzari, we see that the Torah
refutes the oral Law, the Talmud, and the concept of a Polyhedron, or
Sanhedrin. The Rabbis claim that Torah
is not in heaven, that asking God for legal instruction is not valid, and that
all “halacha” is decided by a rabbinical court of 71, the Hellenistic
Sanhedrin. This is the total opposite
of what the Bible teaches, in the very
same chapter of Numbers 27:
4 Why should the name of our
father be done away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us
a possession among the brethren of our father.'
5 And Moses brought their
cause before the LORD.
6 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying:
7 'The daughters of
Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an
inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance
of their father to pass unto them.
The rabbinic fable
of the oven of Akhnai is in total violation of the Law of Moses. (see http://tanakhemet.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=akhnai)
Furthermore, the
Biblical legal system for the complicated or unusual cases is also explicitly
stated in the same chapter:
18 And the LORD said unto
Moses: 'Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is spirit, and lay thy
hand upon him; 19 and set him before Eleazar the priest,
and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And thou shalt put of thy honour upon him, that all the
congregation of the children of Israel may hearken. 21 And
he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the
judgment of the Urim before the LORD; at his word shall they go out, and at his
word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even
all the congregation.' 22 And Moses did as the LORD
commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and
before all the congregation. 23 And he laid his hands
upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD spoke by the hand of Moses.
There is not an
Oral law mentioned here. The system is one of enquiry through the Kohanim, to
determine a specific case law. This
procedure was opposed by the rabbis, who brought impurity of the dead into the
Temple to disqualify the Kohanim, murdered those who would not go along with
rabbinic inventions, took power from the Priesthood and abolished or changed
the Temple practices, so as to erase any
Priestly authority from the Temple and from Biblical law.
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