Talmudic study itself became the object,
Adin Steinsaltz, Talmudic scholar and rabbi.
Talmud is therefore stating that even in their[Talmudic] time,
subtle argumentation that later became the model of Talmudic analysis.
After his years of Talmudic studies, he probably would not approve
of his father's Jew hunting.
According to the Jewish scholar Joseph Klausner, there is the testimony of the early Talmudic writings.
Talmudic study itself became the object,
a form of worship- the use of the mind supposedly in imitation of God.
After Maimonides( an influential Talmudic scholar of the 12th century) praised the Ben
Asher text, others gave it exclusive preference.
Only because the 12th- century Talmudic scholar Moses Maimonides praised an Aaron
Ben Asher text was preference given to it.
Abaye and Raba took the level of debate into intricate and
subtle argumentation that later became the model of Talmudic analysis.
Rabbi Aryeh Spero says that the information in the Talmudic texts, shows that"before the Flood,
began to write marriage contracts between men".
There is not a single word,
either in the Torah or in the sayings of the[ Talmudic] sages, to lend credence to it.”.
The Talmud is the central pillar[ of Judaism] supporting the entire spiritual and intellectual edifice of Jewish life.”-
Adin Steinsaltz, Talmudic scholar and rabbi.
Although Talmudic sources were hostile to Palmyra because of Odaenathus'
suppression of the Jews of Nehardea, Zenobia apparently had the support of some Jewish communities(particularly in Alexandria).
Money-changers(people helping others to change money and also taking a commission or charging a fee)
were living in the Holy Land in the times of the Talmudic writings(Biblical times).