To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Methods in biblical scholarship
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 11:34:14 -0500
At 10:13 AM 12/27/1999 -0500, Lewis Reich wrote:
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>> > (BTW certainly
>> > in later Jewish tradition it is clear that non-canon works are
>considered in
>> > a special status. I would consider the mishnah as an example.)
>I would suggest that this is comparing apples and oranges.
Then I have to disagree. The mishnah and talmud are as important to Judaism
as the Bible is. There is just a recognition of a status that is lower.
(This is even codified in Jewish law.)