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To: Billy the Mountain
There are plenty of sources in this information age in which one can view the Talmud. No one needs my help.

In point of fact, there are only two translations of the Talmud into English available on the Internet. One isn't a very good translation: it' s based on a flawed text, and no site seems to have the entire text.

This is because there are, as opposed to your claim of "plenty" of translations available, only four translations of any completeness or value: the Steinsaltz, Soncino, Schottenstein, and the Neusner - only one of which is available online.

You can't just make outrageous claims and say: "I don't need to back up anything I say - just google it." You made the claims, so cite specific passages that substantiate those charges.

If a Jew said: "Christianity says horrible things about the rabbinic Sages, so Christianity is just objectionable" and you asked which Christians said what things about these sages, and the response you got was: "Just check the Internet, dude. There's like a ton of Christian stuff on there that's all nasty and stuff" - well, you'd be pretty unimpressed by the quality of the scholarship.

You made a claim. You said there are "plenty" of translations, you cultivate an air of being conversant and cultivated in the knowledge of Talmudic blasphemy.

Give us one citation, just so we know you're not a complete fake.

128 posted on 10/03/2010 3:29:17 PM PDT by wideawake
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