Evidence of Supernatural Knowledge in the Torah: Could Humans Have Known All Sea Creatures 3,000 Years Ago?

In the Torah, it is stated that there was one continent: "And Hashem said, 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear'; and it was so" (Genesis 1:9). Yet today, it is known that there are seven continents on Earth.

In the sacred Zohar, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai revealed, around 2000 years ago, about the phenomenon of continental drift, noting that there are seven continents on Earth that split from one original landmass - "One actual landmass they took out of the water, and from it came seven lands" (New Zohar, Genesis, Folio 21, A). All this was said at a time when the existence of North and South America and Australia had not yet been discovered.

Thus, the assertion of the Torah that initially there was only one continent is, in fact, a geological insight about the early stages of creation. And when did science discover this? Only about a hundred years ago, the theory of continental drift emerged by German geologist Alfred Lothar Wegener, who pointed out in his research the fit between the coastlines of continents, as if they were pieces of a puzzle that were separated from one another. His further research indicated matching features at the junctions of continents in terms of vegetation, animal life, and the geochemical structure of minerals. The studies on continental drift expanded and confirmed that indeed the continents were initially joined into one land, as the Torah states.

Knowing the Hidden Secrets of the Water World

One of the examples among many for the truth of the Torah is found in the kashrut laws of fish. The Oral Torah, which was also given at Mount Sinai, states a rule regarding the kashrut of fish: Any fish that has scales necessarily has fins, but not every fish that has fins necessarily has scales. And here is the wording of the Mishnah: "Whatever has scales – has fins, and there are those that have fins but no scales" (Mishnah Nidda, Chapter 6, Mishnah 9). To this day, 34,000 species of fish have been discovered, and the rule still holds true – not a single fish with scales has been found that lacks fins..

How could a human have possibly known which fish exist in the vastness of the oceans? Is there a human who could know such information? At those times, humanity did not have sophisticated research tools, there was no way to know detailed information about different species and their characteristics, nor could the fins of all fish in the ocean depths be examined. No human could have known this, unless the Torah was given by divine wisdom..

Furthermore, why would a person who wants to write a book and present it as divine include any detail that poses a certain risk of being disproven and revealed as false? If, over the course of history, a creature were discovered that contradicts the stated rule, it would be clear to all that the book contains an error, and if a book presented as divine contains even a single error(!), it certainly cannot be divine.. There is no human who can know such knowledge, except the one who created the world and has full control over nature. Therefore, there is only one logical conclusion regarding the source of this knowledge: Torah from Heaven..