Divrei ben Abuya

In the Babylonian Talmud, Elisha ben Abuya was a great sage who lost his faith in God. So great was he that his and subsequent generations continued learning from him - to the extent that the authors of the Talmud needed to create a story that would serve to legitimise his teachings despite his apostasy. His lesson is a lesson for us all: that great stature is not contingent upon blind faith, nor high learning upon the observation of Torah precepts.

May 22, 2006

The Book is Dead: Long Live the Book!

An excellent article on the future of the printed word. Thanks, mentalblog for this one.

posted by SFH @ 11:36 PM

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