"I read the Scriptures through no lenses other than the plain simple meaning. When I am interested in further interpretation, only then do I 'read the scriptures through the lense of Talmudic interpretation.'"
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Would the "plain simple meaning" be so plain that one who has not been exposed to anything other than the written text come to the same understanding and practise of it as one who sees it as you do?
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Would the "plain simple meaning" be so plain that one who has not been exposed to anything other than the written text come to the same understanding and practise of it as one who sees it as you do?
, but you said, "Peter, Paul, and John 9among others0". So, what sort of credible evidence can you produce about them to testify that they were indeed valid witnesses? Moreover, the myth about Paul being a student of R'Gamliel is well-know, since there is no sign in any of the extant records to that effect.
again) several verses in Torah. The text if I may synopsize, says this: should a man be accused of a capital offense, he may not be proven guilty and put to death on the testimony of ONLY ONE WITNESS. TWO or more witnesses MUST observe him committing the offense, they MUST inform him that his actions violate the law AND he must acknowledge he heard them and commit the offense anyway.
