[Zionist Conspirator]

Oral Torah? That’s a cop-out, ZC. It’s Judaism’s tradition, just as ST is part of the Church’s tradition.

Since you understand this, then why did you ask your initial question (is not the Talmud an "up-dating")?

[Pyro7480]

It was a response to what you said in #4.

[dalight]

First, lets get this right. It is the Mishnah that is the Oral Torah as set down to preserve it from being cast from existance.

Talmud is commentary, primarily about the mishnah and it contains the text of the mishnah but there is also commentary on the Tenakh and other subjects.

Where as the Torah contains commandments, the Oral Torah sets out how to accomplish these mitzvot. It was not supposed to be written and only the most dire circumstances forced the Rabbi's to commit it to paper.