Kol sakhal (Voice of a Fool)
Unknown
before 1622
Kol sakhal (Voice of a Fool), a polemical work attacking rabbinic Judaism, has been the subject of many scholarly debates. To this day, its composition and aims remain shrouded in mystery. The author, ostensibly one R. Amittai ben Yedaiah ibn Raz of Alcalá de Henares, Spain, argues that the Oral Law is contrary to the written Torah, outlines his…
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