Question
In the dispute over the Oven of Akhnai, this final phenomenon to agree with Rabbi Eliezer was rejected by Rabbi Joshua in favor of human interpretation of the Torah. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this phenomenon known as bat kol, which remained as an “echo of prophecy” after the last prophets died.
ANSWER: voice of God [accept descriptions of a voice from heaven or divine voice; accept “daughter of a voice”; prompt on voice; reject “divine presence” or the “presence of God” or “shekhinah”]
[10e] This prophet received his calling as a child when he mistook the voice of God for that of his mentor Eli. This prophet anointed Saul and David as Kings of Israel.
ANSWER: Samuel
[10m] At Yavne, the voice of God ruled in favor of the more liberal of schools named for these two 1st century CE sages. Name either. Isaac Luria wrote that in the present we follow rulings of the Babylonian-born, more liberal of these scholars, while in the era of the Messiah the majority will follow rulings of the stricter.
ANSWER: Hillel the Elder OR Shammai the Elder [accept Beit Hillel OR Beit Shammai]
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