I've thought about the idea that "Jews provoke antisemitism by being too left-wing" plenty of times in the past, considering that it was a common refrain among "moderates" in Germany in the run-up to WWII The conclusion of my thinking is it's evil garbage
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In any case, sure, in the broad sense of what the word "bible" means you could call the Talmud part of the "Jewish Bible" But you have to understand this is very different than what evangelicals mean when they talk about "the Bible"
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Like how, say, a lot of old-school students of psychology consider Freud's writings their "bible" while also thinking that a lot of the specifics of what Freud thought are outdated or just plain wrong (This is a comparison Chaim Potok directly makes in The Chosen)
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The Talmud certainly contains debates about points of the Law, but Orthodox Judaism contends that the Talmud, in its entirety, was received by Moses and passed down generation after generation to eventually create the Mishnah and Gomora. Maimonides even named every generation!
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It makes no sense, but you can imagine the difficulty in saying this line in the Talmud is from God but that one isn’t. Interestingly, Christians have a similar problem with the Jewish Law. Which part of the Law is still a commandment that must be obeyed and which is not?
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