>> “Never? I just questioned it” <<
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But who are you but one with zero knowledge thereof, thus what do you even think you’re questioning?
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>> “The Talmud surely has some historic truth, but it also has folklore, myths, legends, and contradictory opinions and explanations of events. So what truth is in there is undeniably mixed with the leaven of falsehood.” <<
You have no idea what you’re addressing!
Talmud was written over a period of centuries by hundreds of authors in different locations, and was later pieced together for the purpose of preserving and unifying Jewish culture. That is the value of it. It defines what the culture was and was becoming.
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>> “To me that is very clear, especially the last verse. Man delivered the Talmud, not God, and through the Talmud, they have made the word of God to no effect.” <<
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Nonsequitur!
The passage that you reference has little to nothing to do with Talmud, and was written long before it coalesced. There may have been dozens of comments entered into Talmud on that particular subject, and probably all of them would differ, since they would come from different authors, but together they would give an accurate picture of the evolution of the culture, and the changes in the oral tradition.
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>> “I don’t need to provide a verse to authorize it.” <<
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Yes, you do, because God’s word condemns it. Any agreement sealed by that process is in conflict with the word.
“Talmud was written over a period of centuries by hundreds of authors in different locations, and was later pieced together for the purpose of preserving and unifying Jewish culture. That is the value of it. It defines what the culture was and was becoming.”
This is correct.
The Talmud was written over 350 years time. It is a wonderful study in critical thinking, and is the “conversations” of many Rabbis discussion Halakah- Jewish Law, and other Torah topics.
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