Theos-Talk Archives (March 2003 Message tt00318)

In a message dated 03/12/03 6:51:31 PM, stevestubbs@yahoo.com writes:

>--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, leonmaurer@a... wrote:
>> They aren't. Those quotes are entirely apocryphal -- since, 
>according to my 
>> Kabbalistic authority (Notes from my father's and grandfather's 
>occult 
>> library) those English texts claiming to be translated from the 
>Mishnah and 
>> the Gemara are as valid as the Protocols of Zion.
>
>In that case many thanks for setting the record straight. Just to 
>complete the record, do you have any information where these quotes 
>did come from?

No real idea. However, as Etzion pointed out there were ancient Hebrew 
tribes who practiced idolatry and ritual sacrifice, that were tossed out 
after Moses laid down the religious laws and practices, which were originally 
oral teachings, but later written down by rabbinical scholars as the Talmud. 

Some of these outlawed tribes might have also written down their ritual 
practices that would have no relationship to the Mishna and Gemora Talmud of 
modern orthodox Judaism. Also, there were many false quotes, similar to the 
Protocols, that were forged, possibly from these non rabbinical apocryphal 
writings, by European anti-Semites for propaganda purposes to justify pogroms 
as well as the Nazi persecutions and atrocities against the Jews. 

Also, it should be noted that for the majority of world Jewry, the Talmud is 
not a fixed body of law, and has always been subject to interpretation, 
revision, and change. Like most religions, the modern Jews have many degrees 
of conformance with scripture ranging from the small minority of extreme 
orthodox to the relatively large majority of conservative, reformed and 
secular Jews. 

LHM