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I mostly agree with Steg, more commentaries when I have more time. Now I'm deadly busy with translations. -- Yitzik who finds Karaite concept rather unwise... ----- Original Message ----- From: Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@hidden.email> To: <romconlang@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 3:44 AM Subject: Re: [romconlang] Carraxa Jews > On Jan 10, 2006, at 5:56 PM, Adam Walker wrote: > > Well, the real world reason is that I stumbled across > > them one day on-line and found the concept > > fascinating. The historical reason *there* is from > > the web pages I found which claim that Rabinic Judaism > > was a localized phenomenon in Babylonia until after > > the Arab conquest. These sites claim that it was > > after the conquest that Rabinic Judaism spread through > > the whole Muslim empire after the Arabs gave it > > official status. They also calim that Jewish > > resistance to the new forms was especially stiff in > > the eastern parts of the empire where the Jews had > > never before even heard of the Talmud. That would > > mean Carraxa would be one of those areas that would > > have resisted. (Gee, imagine a Carraxan resisting!) > > It seemed to fit with the spirit of the Carraxan > > people. > > Adam who is willing to be corrected on any > > misperceptions > > Interesting... these were Karaite websites? 'Cause us Rabbanites claim > the opposite, that Karaism was invented in Babylonia (partially due to > a political struggle over the position of Exilarch), and then spread to > other Jewish communities. While Babylonia ended up being the > preeminent center of Rabbinic Judaism and the Oral Torah tradition, the > Rabbinic system of Jewish Law already existed in other communities, > such as Egypt, Italy and the Rhine Valley (="Ashkenaz") -- they just > originally followed the Israeli tradition when it came to individual > legal rulings and customs; they eventually switched over (in part or in > whole) to the Babylonian legal schools when they became acknowledged as > superceding the Israeli ones in prestige. > > -Stephen (Steg) > "I am talking to you about poetry > and you say > when do we eat. > The worst of it is > I'm hungry too." > ~ _communication_ by alicia partnoy > > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > romconlang-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >