TAKING THE TORAH TO THE GOYIM

THERE IS AN AGGADIC REFERENCE TO THE STORY OF THE GIVING OF THE TORAH THAT BEFORE G-D GAVE THE TORAH TO ISRAEL HE ASKED THE NATIONS IF THEY WANTED IT FIRST. THERE IS EVEN A YIDDISH SONG POPULARIZED BY REB YOMTOV EHRLICH DEPICTING THE ANGEL AS HE GOES TO THE RUSSIANS, THE GERMANS ,THE FRENCH ,THE ENGLISH AND FINALLY, THE AMERICANS. EACH NATION HAD AN EXCUSE WHY THE TORAH WASN'T FOR THEM. IN THE AGGADAH, THE TORAH WAS OFFERED TO THE ARABS,TO THE PERSIANS , BABYLONIANS ETC..ALL OF THE NATIONS REFUSED EXCEPT FOR ISRAEL.
NOW, THERE APPARENTLY IS NO HISTORICAL RECORD OF THIS EVENT IN THE ANNALS OF BABYLON, PERSIA OR ARABIA. SO , HOW ARE WE TO UNDERSTAND THIS PART OF THE TORAH STORY ?
ACCORDING TO NACHMANEDES , THE HOLY RAMBAN, THE SEVEN LAWS OF NOACH ALSO INCLUDED THE SAME CIVIL LAWS THAT WE JEWS HAVE IN THE PORTION OF MISHPATIM-I.E. CIVIL LAWS. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ASSERTION THAT ALL OF THE ANCIENT CODES OF CONDUCT WERE SIMILAR TO OUR TORAH.HOW COULD THE RAV SAY THIS?
IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT NACHMANEDES WAS THE GREATEST KABBALIST OF HIS DAY.
HE IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH WHAT WE WOULD CALL A SIXTH SENSE.
IN TORAH TERMS WE CALL IT RUACH HAKODESH-PROPHETIC INSIGHT.
IN THE DIGS AROUND THE ANCIENT CITY OF SUMER WHICH WAS DESTROYED AROUND THE TIME OF ABRAHAM 400 YEARS BEFORE MOSES CLAY TABLETS WERE DISCOVERED. THES TABLETS HAVE A CIVIL CODE ALMOST VERBATIM WITH OUR MISHPATIM-CIVIL LAWS!
IN OTHER WORDS-NACHMANEDES' ASSERTION IS CORRECT . THE ANCIENT TRADITION
WAS LIKE THAT OF ISRAEL. THESE LAWS WERE THE SAME FOR ALL NATIONS.
WHAT THEN HAPPENED?
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I WAS TOLD IN WORLD HISTORY THAT HAMMURABI'S CODE WAS THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT UPON WHICH THE TORAH ETHIC WAS BUILT. OF COURSE THAT REFLECTS THE BIAS OF THE PROFESSORS OF EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES IN THE 19TH CENTURY IN WHICH THEY TRIED TO BELITTLE THE CONTRIBUTION OF ISRAEL AND ITS' HOLY BOOKS SO I LOOKED UP HAMMURABI'S CODE WHICH WAS QUITE DETAILED BUT ARCHAIC AND I NOTICED ONE OUTSTANDING FEATURE. THE NOMENCLATURE-THE ELITE HAD DIFFERENT PUNISHMENTS THAN THE COMMONER AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO EXTRACT PUNISHMENT FOR SOMEONE INJURING THEM. IN OTHER WORDS THE LAWS WERE DIFFERENT FOR THE ARISTOCRAT AND FOR THE COMMONER.
THIS IN DISTINCTION FROM THE TORAH WHERE CITIZEN AND CONVERT ADHERE TO THE SAME RULES!
THIS IS WHAT IS MEANT THAT G-D ASKED THE NATIONS TO ACCEPT THE TORAH THEY REFUSED. HOW?BY CHANGING THE ANCIENT CODE!IF THEY WOULD CHANGE THE CIVIL CODE FOR THEIR OWN SATISFACTION THEN FOR SURE THE COMMANDMENTS THAT APPLY TO WORSHIP WOULD ALSO B E ALTERED. THE TORAH IS ETERNAL AND NO ONE CAN CHANGE IT. ONLY A PEOPLE WHO KEPT THE LAWS AS IS UNDER ALL DIFFICULTIES , EVEN IN BONDAGE IN EGYPT COULD BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE ETERNAL TORAH!