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 abolished the 3 branches of government and set up their own judicial branch where they are both lawmaker and judge.

Notes and references:

1) The dispute between the Yeshiva of God and the Yeshiva of the Rabbis in heaven: b. Talmud Baba Metzia 86a

2) The dispute between R. Joshua and R. Eliezer concerning the oven: b. Talmud Baba Metzia 59b.

3) The tree of knowledge as representing the Oral-Law: R. Meir Eben Gabai, Sefer Avodat Hakodesh, part A, chapter 22.

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

Amnon Shapiro - אנרכיזם יהודי דתי

https://www.steimatzky.co.il/%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%90/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%96%D7%9D-%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99-%D7%93%D7%AA%D7%99.html

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

By: www.oneforisrael.org