Posted on 05/28/2012 9:46:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
After a controversial six-year-long translation project, a Jordanian think tank based in Amman published an Arabic translation of the Babylonian Talmud. After gaining enthusiastic responses to the project from the Arab League, 96 scholars began work on the translation. The editors are happy with the project, stating that the lack of an Arabic Talmud "has always been an obstacle to understanding Judaism." Despite some polarized and politicized responses, most have adopted a positive impression of the massive scholarly work. Dr. Raquel Ukeles of the Israeli National Library states that the project stemmed from scientific curiosity, and the introduction discusses the Talmud in light of religious law along with the development of ancient politics and morality. Three years ago, Professor Mustafa Mansour of Cairo University translated the Mishnah into Arabic, reflecting an increasing interest in Jewish texts.
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Eek! That’s really BIZARRE!
As you may be aware, I host a chapter by chapter study of Genesis and Exodus every day on FR (Along with the Psalms, Proverbs, and many prophets).
The best defense against the lies of islam is to know the Scriptures.
The knowledge of the scriptures make the lies of islam so obvious so as to be laughable.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Indeed I did. Thank you.
I have trouble with T words. Oher han that I’m completely normal.
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