> If the Jews wanted to dispute they could have long since.
What, and get killed?
Consider this: if there was such a dispute in, say, 40 AD... what do you think the chances are that a record woudl remain?
Why would they get killed? After all, they ( the priests) had all the power -- you forget, for a long time, it ws the christians getting killed. Yes the record would remain. After all, consider what Hillel said, and the record remains.