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Precise dating is not important and of course Judaism was and is a heterogeneous religious group. The dogma is that both the oral Torah and the written Torah were given to Moses at Sinai by God. Schiffman discusses the process of formation of the Mishnah and Talmud, and their importance for Judaism....

There are many opinions about most things and religious history is one fertile field. Mishnah : the new scripture, is the title of chapter 10 in the book. From Text to Tradition, A History of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism by Lawrence H. Schiffman. http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/From_Text...

Interesting post, semiopen. I am citing this summary from Paul Johnson as an aid to the understanding of possible new findings by researchers. Any comments? A HISTORY OF THE JEWS PAUL JOHNSON page 153, pdf online. "Mishnah consisted of three elements: the midrash, that is the method of interpre...

Sidon means Bet Saida (Bethsida) Mark 7:31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. Should have been translated as follows: Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Bet Saida, down to the Sea of Galilee...

Peter Kirby wrote:Your hostility isn't called for, but you're probably right. It's unstickied.

I wish you and the Early Christian Writings forum happiness and success .Everything I have ever posted here was intended to reflect this.

Yes. It is an ugly ornament and it makes your business look cheap

So , when is this stinking shit going to be returned to the sender?

To semiopen,

my answer to Gnostic is not meant to be taken seriously by you.

Gnostic bishop is the result of forums such as this one and the psychological cripples that preach in them.
Gnostic has a first rate' bloggerian' education

Why do you say those things? Adam and Eve were kicked out of Eden by a Jewish God who ordered an angel with a flaming sword to keep them out. Humanity was drowned by a Jewish God Sodom and Gomorra were incinerated by a Jewish God The people building the Babel Tower were punished by a Jewish God The ...

The internet is full of these noisy incoherent wise guys. They know it was Caesar, hycarnus,cleopatra and so on. They all love to quote this and that and they quote bloggers and published authors like Catholics quote a cardinal. The enterprising ones write books about Odysseus , astrology and whatev...