I was then told by Campion that the reference really wasn't "Mosaic Law" but may have been some Rabbincal tradition or some such nonsense.
The Mosaic Law is scripture not tradition. If you want to rely on tradition, don't call it Mosaic Law, call it oral tradition or speculation.
What NYer is doing on this thread is spreading RUMOR and pretending it is fact. I've noticed he's used this same quote on other threads. Well if the prohibition against self incrimination is in the Mosaic Law, then prove it. It shouldn't be hard. If it is Mosaic Law, it is in the scriptures. If it isn't in the scriptures, then it isn't Mosaic Law.
I thought you were taking a nap? Did you find some Guinness in the back of the fridge?
None here claims to be an expert on Judaism, and NYer cited one earstwhile Jew agreeing with another that the prohibition in question is Mosaic Law. Now, Mosaic Law to a Jew is what the body of rabbinical thought teaches, and not what is directly in the Bible. This has always been my understanding. Do you claim a better understanding of Judaism than Shoeman, or do you wish to argue with what Judaism teaches about the Law? In either case your question would be better addressed to a Jew on a thread dedicated to Judaism. For this thread the question is marginal.
No Guinness, although I think there’s a bottle of Michelob left from the last time my father visited. And the nap was Overtaken By Events ... just as I dozed off, I heard one of my sons moving a chair into the kitchen so he could rummage the freezer :-). Life is like that sometimes.
My point, such as it is, is that without more information, such as who are the Lemann Brothers, and on what they base their interpretation, we’re not going to have any useful discussion of what is actually an interesting question.
Maybe NYer can help with this. I don’t have Mr. Schoeman’s book, so I can’t add anything.