tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post5540228361371261867..comments2024-03-29T15:13:35.193+02:00Comments on Kotzk Blog: 076) WHAT WAS RAMBAM'S REAL VIEW ON 'THE REVIVAL OF THE DEAD'?Rabbi Gavin Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14410541880380752479noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post-74563773875016139592020-06-04T01:42:41.309+02:002020-06-04T01:42:41.309+02:00Yet another possible source is MT, Hilkhot Melakhi...Yet another possible source is MT, Hilkhot Melakhim, 12:1, where he writes, "Do not imagine that in the days of the Messiah any aspect of the laws of nature will change..." He continues, "Do not think that King Messiah will have to perform signs and wonders, bring anything new into being, revive the dead, or do similar acts. It is not so." He adds that when Isaiah talked about wolves laying with sheep, these were parables.<br /><br />Although he attributes the miracle of the reviving of the dead to the messiah, he seems to state that this is a change in nature. Of course, we should remember that he previously quoted Deut. 30:3-5. It is possible he meant a physical resurrection. It is also possible that this was spiritual. We simply do not know. Whatever it is, we can be certain that he was talking about a resurrection, and that it is in the Torah.Turk Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15821284995182048628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post-75222670684743805462018-09-20T00:31:33.475+02:002018-09-20T00:31:33.475+02:00 Some, like Shem Tov ben Yosef Shem Tov[9] , take ... Some, like Shem Tov ben Yosef Shem Tov[9] , take a very different approach by going so far as to say that this Essay was an outright forgery, and reiterates that Rambam “did not believe in a physical resurrection”.[10]<br /><br />Others, like Abarbanel, wrote that Rambam believed that only the first five Principles of Faith were fundamental to Jewish belief, and that the last eight<br /><br />.................<br /><br /><br />Would it be possible for you to give the reference for <br />Abarbanel and Shem Tov <br /><br />thank you<br /><br />Gershon<br />gershonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408672786217815000noreply@blogger.com