Elu ve-elu, these and those are the words of the living God (Eruvin 13b)
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{{Short description|Talmudic passage}} |
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'''Elu ve-elu''' is a principle in Jewish thought and a climactic line from an important [[sugya]] or passage in the Babylonian Talmud (''[[Eruvin (Talmud)|Eruvin]]'' 13b). When facing two contradictory opinions, the divine response was that "elu ve-elu (these and those) are the words of the living God." The principle is pertinent to the Talmudic understanding of intra-rabbinic disputes (''makhloket'') as well as rabbinic epistemology, though it has become known in recent years as a warrant for non-Orthodox movements as they make changes in their Judaisms. |
'''Elu ve-elu''' is a principle in Jewish thought and a climactic line from an important [[sugya]] or passage in the [[Talmud|Babylonian Talmud]] (''[[Eruvin (Talmud)|Eruvin]]'' 13b). When facing two contradictory opinions, the divine response was that "elu ve-elu (these and those) are the words of the living God." The principle is pertinent to the Talmudic understanding of intra-rabbinic disputes (''makhloket'') as well as rabbinic epistemology, though it has become known in recent years as a warrant for non-Orthodox movements as they make changes in their Judaisms. |
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This line of Talmud is among the most mentioned in rabbinic literature: Simon-Shoshan reported more than 14,000 in database of sources.{{Cite journal |last=Simon-Shoshan |first=Moshe |date=2021 |title="These and Those Are the Words of the Living God, but …": Meaning, Background, and Reception of an Early Rabbinic Teaching |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0364009421000064/type/journal_article |journal=AJS Review |language=en |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=382–410 |doi=10.1017/S0364009421000064 |issn=0364-0094|url-access=subscription }} |
This line of Talmud is among the most mentioned in rabbinic literature: Simon-Shoshan reported more than 14,000 in database of sources.{{Cite journal |last=Simon-Shoshan |first=Moshe |date=2021 |title="These and Those Are the Words of the Living God, but …": Meaning, Background, and Reception of an Early Rabbinic Teaching |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0364009421000064/type/journal_article |journal=AJS Review |language=en |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=382–410 |doi=10.1017/S0364009421000064 |issn=0364-0094|url-access=subscription }} |
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