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Jewish Scholars Respond to the Christians’ Argument About the Trinity (The Elohim

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A debate between a rabbi and some Christians: אֱלֹהוּת בָּֽרְאוּ אֶת הָעוֹלָם. This is the first time in the world. לְכוּ וְשַׁאֲלוּ אֶת אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר כּי שְׁאַל נָא לְיָמִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים וְגוֹמֵר. אֲשֶׁר בָּֽרְאוּ אֱלֹהִים אָדָם עַל הָאָרֶץ אֵין כְּתִיב כָּאן אֶלָּא לְמִן הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אָדָם עַל הָאָרֶץ. אָֽמְרוּ לוֹ וְהָֽכְתִיב בְּרֵאשִית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים. אָמַר לָהֶן וְכִי בָּֽרְאוּ כְתִיב אֵין כְּתִיב אֶלָּא בָּרָא. The Christians asked

Rabbi Simlai: How many gods created the world?

He replied: Are you asking me? Go and ask the first Adam, as it is said (Deut. 4:32): “Ask the first days.”

He did not say There is “when the gods created man on earth”

but he said “from the day God created man on earth”.

They said to him: But it is written (Gen. 1:1): “In the beginning God created…” So he said to them: Is it written “created” (plural)? His saying: “created” (singular).

Rabbi Simlai said, everywhere [In the book] Christians read in it to prove their heresies, their answer is in the same place.