Hi Baha'is
A couple of days ago I was sent by another RFer a section of text that was part of a statement made by Abdu'l-Baha:
Going over the speech, it seems to have been an attempt to preach the Baha'i view to these Jews. Personally, I think it would've made more sense to use the Jewish view on this matter in such a speech, but anyway:
Is this an error on Abdu'l-Baha's part? (I found a couple more errors regarding Judaism and Jewish history in that speech, but I'm wondering specifically about this one) Or is this a less-known Baha'i tradition? If so, is there a source to this?
A couple of days ago I was sent by another RFer a section of text that was part of a statement made by Abdu'l-Baha:
"During the time of the Abrahamic prophethood it was considered allowable because of a certain exigency that a man should marry his aunt, even as Sarah was the sister of Abraham’s mother." (source)
This struck me as odd, because the Torah doesn't mention that Sarah was Abraham's aunt. At best, it says that she was his half sister (Gen. 20:12). Then I thought it might be something from the Quran, but couldn't find anything. In fact, Sarah isn't even mentioned by name:
"And his Wife was standing, and she smiled. Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob. She said, "Woe to me! Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!" (source)
Further digging showed that this statement was part of a speech Abdu'l-Baha gave to a Jewish congregation in San Francisco in 1912 (https://centenary.bahai.us/news/message-jews).
Going over the speech, it seems to have been an attempt to preach the Baha'i view to these Jews. Personally, I think it would've made more sense to use the Jewish view on this matter in such a speech, but anyway:
Is this an error on Abdu'l-Baha's part? (I found a couple more errors regarding Judaism and Jewish history in that speech, but I'm wondering specifically about this one) Or is this a less-known Baha'i tradition? If so, is there a source to this?