talmud

The Talmud specifically asks why God created sin and the answer is so that God can reward people.

The Talmud is very clear about Biblical vs Rabbinical rules and Meat and Milk is unquestionably Biblical.

Are you really saying that the Talmud is comparable to the Odyssey, but not to Plato?

The commentaries on the Talmud are considered part of the Talmud, including inheriting the Talmud's status as law -- making the Talmud very much a living document.

Problem solved:) There is discussion in the Talmud on if a Golem can be counted for a quorum, i.e.

The Talmud has evolved, and everything has been discussed again and again, all very carefully, in a medieval kind of reasoning.

Fortunately, if the Talmud and D&D have taught us anything, it's that people can interpret any rule to match their existing view.

The Talmud discusses at length what is included in these categories, what is considered similar enough to be forbidden as well, etc.

The Talmud says that a poor person had a budget of 50 zuz per year per person for adult clothing (not including shoes).

Except for Karaites who don't believe in the Talmud or Oral Torah.

The Babylonian Talmud is more complete and therefore more widely studied).

Actually, there's a famous story in the Talmud of a rabbinical debate in which the rabbis argue about whether a certain oven is kosher or not.

There is a saying from the Talmud that "a person who acts without belief will eventually come to believe".

The talmud says that "mitzvos tzrichus kevanah".

> “We see the world, not as it is, but as we are” - Talmud I love this.

Authorial intent isn't privileged in a critical reading of a text, except when you use phrases like "perhaps inspired by the Talmud", at which point you're making comments about authorial intent.

The Mishnah is the core of the Talmud, and it is a collection of oral law written down (in about 200 C.

(Note that there are actually two versions of the Talmud, the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud.

Since I have a Jewish background, I knew of some of the things they told me about the Talmud, but I had never seen the Talmud.