Sin-A-Gogue by David Bashevkin

Author:David Bashevkin [Bashevkin, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781618117984
Publisher: Cherry Orchard Books
Published: 2018-09-15T04:00:00+00:00

[Aher] is far too easily discouraged by the declaration of his doom. Instead of calling the heavenly bluff by repenting, Elisha becomes Aher, an apostate incapable of entertaining the possibility of doing so. True, the evil decree was confirmed by a bat kol, but the Bavli elsewhere affirms that ein mashgihim be’vat kol (“We do not regard a bat kol as authoritative”).266

Aside from Rovner’s correct contention that heavenly voices are normally ignored, their meaning is very much a product of the recipient’s interpretation. Heavenly voices are a reflection of the inner construct and interpretive lens of the listener. Aher doesn’t become hopeless because he heard a heavenly voice; his hopelessness is the filter through which he hears all heavenly messages. Rovner assumes the voice and the bibliomancy are legitimate, but he also acknowledges that Aher’s reaction is a product of his inner world. Discussing the narrative strategy of the Talmudic redactor, he writes:

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