tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588247216777605704.post1370710788427723590..comments2023-04-05T08:04:07.514-04:00Comments on Bryn Mawr Classical Review: 2013.07.07Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588247216777605704.post-58483308404095670442013-07-08T11:42:20.252-04:002013-07-08T11:42:20.252-04:00Most interesting to me, for two reasons. First, I...Most interesting to me, for two reasons. First, I teach an undergraduate course in (what we used to call) the great books, the early weeks of which involve selections from the Hebrew Scriptures and then from the Gospels, with some attention to the historical connections between post-temple Judaism(s) and the Jesus movement.<br /><br />Second, I came at this from another perspective, that of an occasional student of Talmud under the direction of a most knowledgeable rabbi. His teaching emphasizes the importance of rabbinical authority (now as then), an authority based on the direct oral transmission of the Law from Sinai to the rabbis. We are given to understand that the Temple rituals described in tbe Talmud are absolutely accurate. Not only that, but there are people in Israel who are crafting Temple implements according to the exact specifications given in the Talmud--against the day (for which we all hope) that the Temple will be restored.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com