Written in white: a reading of Kevin Hart’s ‘Colloquies’ Nathan Lyons Literature and Theology 31, no. 2 (2017): 149–163 PRE-PUBLICATION VERSION Please cite published version, available at https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/frw029 In the late twelfth century Rabbi Isaac the Blind raised an intriguing question about the origins of the Torah.1 If Torah existed before creation as Proverbs 8 teaches, but there was nothing yet created on which it might be written, then on what surface was the eternal Torah eternally inscribed? Rabbi Isaac answers his riddle by distinguishing two manifestations of Torah, one oral and one written. The Oral Torah

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白色书写：阅读凯文哈特的“座谈会”

白色书写：阅读凯文·哈特的“座谈会”内森·里昂文学与神学 31，不。2 (2017): 149–163 预出版版本请引用已出版版本，可在 https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/frw029 12 世纪后期拉比 Isaac the Blind 提出了一个关于Torah.1 如果正如箴言 8 所教导的那样，Torah 在创造之前就已经存在，但还没有被创造的东西可以写在上面，那么永恒的 Torah 是永恒地刻在什么表面上的？拉比以撒通过区分托拉的两种表现形式来回答他的谜语，一种是口头的，一种是书面的。口述妥拉