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outhouse · 12-30-2012, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Duvduv

The Talmud and Midrashim comprise thousands and thousands of pages. They cover many issues pertaining to events of various periods in Jewish history, and yet in this case, they do not offer a single word about the matters I raised. Nothing. Nada. Gornisht. Rien. Niente. Nichevo.
And yet one would say this does not matter at all. How ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by outhouse

Jews and Judaism in the first century was so diverse, not much has been corroborated.

Speculation is as good as it gets for Zealots, Galilee, God-Fearers, Joshua, John ect ect ect

Both have no reliable information for pre temple Judaism.

Thats like asking the OT to give us reliable information regarding Canaanite cultural differences.

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