Mishlei, Week 5: Authorship, and the Simplicity Problem

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February 07 2023
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58min 13s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:
Reward and Punishment 
Nach:
Mishlei 

Collections: R' Torczyner Mishlei

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Wrapping up the idea of non-Solomonic authorship, and suggesting that Mishlei may be a response to non-Jewish Wisdom Literature. And starting on the simplicity problem: How do we understand a book of Tanach describing the world as a place of fair reward and punishment, and offering relatively simple advice?

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