The Kuzari Argument Development of Religion Development of Myth
Dance of the Sun The Kuzari is a book written by Rabbi Yehudah
Halevi during the 12th century CE that describes a dialog
between a rabbi and the 8th century king of the Khazars. During
the dialog, the rabbi presents historical and philosophical
arguments in support of Judaism and against other religions and
philosophies of the time. The Kuzari Argument is an argument
that is based on arguments presented in The Kuzari. The purpose
of the Kuzari Argument is to demonstrate that the miracles
reported in the Torah can be rationally proven, and has been
used persuasively in books such as Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb's
Living Up to the Truth  and Rabbi Lawrence Keleman's Permission
to Receive . At a glance the argument appears to offer
irrefutable proof of the miracles described in the Torah (the
Five Books of Moses) such as the plagues in Egypt, the manna for
40 years in the desert, and the public revelation at Sinai.
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