A Min and R. Ami disputed about the resurrection of the
dead after they are changed into dust. R. Ami replied with.,
a parable. A king ordered his servants to build a palace
where there was neither dust nor water. They did so and
after a time it collapsed. He then ordered them to build
one where there was both dust and water. They declared
that impossible. He then rebuked them and said “If you
can do it where there is neither the one nor the other, why
not here?” We also find the earth producing the field
mouse, which is one day half earth and half flesh and the
next day it is entirely flesh, and the stony rocks on the
mountains are covered with snails after the rain. How
much easier it is to bring back that which has already been
once.
50. A Min and Gaboha b. Pesisa disputed about the quickening of the dead. The Min said, “Woe unto you ye living who
say that the dead rise again; you are sure to die, but how can
those who disappear come again ?” The reply was “Woe unto
ye sinners who say that the dead do not rise, for those who
have not been before come into existence (are born) and
yet you do not believe that those who have been before
can come again.” He replied: “You call me a sinner, I will
beat you until I get your hump off your back.” Gaboha
replied: “Come and do so and I will call you a skilful physician.”
49. A Min and R. Ami disputed about the resurrection of the
dead after they are changed into dust. R. Ami replied with.,
a parable. A king ordered his servants to build a palace
where there was neither dust nor water. They did so and
after a time it collapsed. He then ordered them to build
one where there was both dust and water. They declared
that impossible. He then rebuked them and said “If you
can do it where there is neither the one nor the other, why
not here?” We also find the earth producing the field
mouse, which is one day half earth and half flesh and the
next day it is entirely flesh, and the stony rocks on the
mountains are covered with snails after the rain. How
much easier it is to bring back that which has already been
once.
50. A Min and Gaboha b. Pesisa disputed about the quickening of the dead. The Min said, “Woe unto you ye living who
say that the dead rise again; you are sure to die, but how can
those who disappear come again ?” The reply was “Woe unto
ye sinners who say that the dead do not rise, for those who
have not been before come into existence (are born) and
yet you do not believe that those who have been before
can come again.” He replied: “You call me a sinner, I will
beat you until I get your hump off your back.” Gaboha
replied: “Come and do so and I will call you a skilful physician.”
