[Artemisia] King Richard Cont.

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The writer was Maimonides (known as the Rambam) a Spanish Sephardic Jewish physician and scholar.  The book was the Mishnah.  The Talmud was written primarily in Aramaic

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From: Michael the Loud <hanhebin at yahoo.com> 

> > The Babylonian and Palestinian Talmud are NOT 
> > commentaries. They are the Oral Torah, written down. 
> 
> True! However the Talmud are very cryptic and 
> difficult to understand because the contain words from 
> Greek and Persian that have become obscure. Thus 
> there are many commentaries on these volumes taking 
> place in the 10th and 11th centuries. 
> 
> I'm a bit foggy here but there was a 11th century 
> rabbi who wrote a commentary with a detailed 
> explaination of words. His book (sorry I forget his 
> name) is almost required reading if you are reading 
> the Talmod. 
> 
> Kind of interesting because you have groups that 
> differ on the oral tradition. Reform v Orthadox or 
> Sadducee v Pharisee. 
> 
> Point is that there are commentaries that date back 
> more than 1,000 years. And groups that debate the 
> oral traditions that date back to the time of Christ. 
> 
> Michael 
> 
> 
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