segs@mhuxv.UUCP (slusky) (02/12/85)
[Asher Schecter writes ] > All sectors of Judaism >agree that throughout Biblical times only Orthodox laws were the >laws of Israel. There were no reform or conservative or any other >phony pseudo-jewish laws in effect. There's been so much silliness on this net lately that it's tough to keep up. So I can appreciate that no one had the energy to even comment on this gem. However I find it hard to let it just go by uncommented. Orthodoxy is a modern movement. Biblical Jews practiced Biblical Judaism. During the time of the first Temple, practices changed. They changed again during the Babylonian exile, during the time of the Second Temple, and after its destruction. Medieval Judaism added its own flavor and Chassidism and the Mitnaggic reaction to it again were movements within Judaism. Refering to Biblical Jews as Orthodox is wildly anachronistic. Susan Slusky --