You can follow Rabbi Akiva's thought over the course of his life, and see how many times he was quoted later on, for instance.
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You can watch two schools of thought, butt heads in ever more smartass arguments, over centuries.
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Sometimes there's reconciliation, one school of thought accepts that another was right. Other times, the arguments continue.
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The arguments build on each other. You can watch an argument get settled. Centuries later, that agreement is argued.
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The ensuing argument ends nitpicking the original in excruciating detail until it makes sense to enough people.
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Layers of commentary upon commentary upon commentary. A millennium later, Rashi added his own.
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The Talmud was, essentially, the Internet before people had electricity.
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There were correspondences written, indexes where you could locate every mention of Rab Johanan etc.
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Subjects ranged from torturous arguments over etymology, to hilarious anecdotes, to daily images of life.3
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The Talmud was Usenet before people knew about electricity.
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so what's your position on whether "turning the tables" means anal or just doggy-style
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