Dr Broshi continues to expound on the 7 reforms of Rabbinic Judaism. After the destruction of the Temple, Judaism experienced sweeping reformations and in effect also invented their own “New Covenant” of the Oral law. In this episode Dr. Broshi discusses how the Rabbis created a system to replace the temple sacrifices.

Notes and references:

1) "No need for sacrifices any more" (Midrash 'Avot D'Rabbi Nathan', chapter 4).

2) "Yeshiva Students themselves now serve as the redemption for Israel" (Midrash 'Tana Debi Eliyahu Zuta', portion 2).

Here's a few more links to some of the books mentioned in the podcast.

Rabbinic Judaism Debunked: Debunking the myth of Rabbinic Oral Law

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1795804548/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_QorrEbC3W8DWP

The Beginnings of Jewishness: Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainties (Hellenistic Culture and Society) (Volume 31)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0520226933/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_bA.qEbCQ635KH

The Invention of Judaism: Torah and Jewish Identity from Deuteronomy to Paul (Volume 7) (Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0520294122/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_IA.qEbN9280XB

Two Nations in Your Womb: Perceptions of Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages By: Israel Jacob Yuval

https://www.amazon.com/Two-Nations-Your-Womb-Perceptions/dp/0520258185