Is it your position that the Talmud has nothing about how to treat those who aren't them? I'm just wondering if you're saying that all the negative things reported about what's in the Talmud are just made up lies.
Is it your position that the Talmud has nothing about how to treat those who aren't them?
It does have various statements guidelines on how to treat non-Jews, some of which directly contradict one another (the Talmud is made up of the teachings of many Rabbis over many years, some of which disagreed - sometimes vehemently - with one another).
I'm just wondering if you're saying that all the negative things reported about what's in the Talmud are just made up lies.
Most if not all are either fake or taken out of context to twist the meaning.
And sometimes quotes from the Jerusalem Talmud (which is not seen as authoritative within Judaism) are misrepresented as being from the Babylonian Talmud (which is seen as the final, authoritative Talmud within Judaism). When people say "The Talmud", they are referring to the Babylonian Talmud.
For instance, the statement "Kill the best of Gentiles" by Rabbi Simeon ben Ioḥai (who had a grudge against Gentiles due to seeing his teacher flayed to death by Romans and having to hide from the Romans in a cave for 14 years) is genuine, but it's from the Jerusalem Talmud, not the Babylonian Talmud, and thus not considered authoritative within Judaism.
My question to you, Rocketeer, is this...
Is it your position that the Talmud has nothing about how to treat those who aren't them? I'm just wondering if you're saying that all the negative things reported about what's in the Talmud are just made up lies.
It does have various statements guidelines on how to treat non-Jews, some of which directly contradict one another (the Talmud is made up of the teachings of many Rabbis over many years, some of which disagreed - sometimes vehemently - with one another).
Most if not all are either fake or taken out of context to twist the meaning.
And sometimes quotes from the Jerusalem Talmud (which is not seen as authoritative within Judaism) are misrepresented as being from the Babylonian Talmud (which is seen as the final, authoritative Talmud within Judaism). When people say "The Talmud", they are referring to the Babylonian Talmud.
For instance, the statement "Kill the best of Gentiles" by Rabbi Simeon ben Ioḥai (who had a grudge against Gentiles due to seeing his teacher flayed to death by Romans and having to hide from the Romans in a cave for 14 years) is genuine, but it's from the Jerusalem Talmud, not the Babylonian Talmud, and thus not considered authoritative within Judaism.
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/718279/jewish/The-Two-Talmuds.htm