The Talmud
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The Talmud is a recurring publication in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between February 21, 2024 and January 16, 2026. The archive places it in contexts such as “The Talmud is vague about the practice, but mostly seems to treat it as undesirable but not forbidden”; “The Talmud tells the story of the death of Rabbi Elisha”. It most often appears alongside 2017 SSC survey, A Woman First: First Woman: A Memoir, Adams.
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- Category: Publications
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: February 21, 2024
- Last seen: January 16, 2026
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- 2017 SSC survey (1 shared issues)
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Funny story! Polygamy was legal in Judaism during Biblical times (eg King Solomon and his seven hundred wives). The Talmud is vague about the practice, but mostly seems to treat it as undesirable but not forbidden. It only became fully illegal in Judaism around 1000 AD, when Rabbi Gershom ben Judah banned it for all Jews under his authority (approximately all European Jews, but non-European Jews gradually adopted his position too). Rabbi Gershom said his ban would expire at the end of “the thousand”, which has been interpreted variously as the end of the Jewish millennium (1240 AD) or the end of a thousand years (2000 AD).
The Talmud tells the story of the death of Rabbi Elisha. Elisha was an evil apostate. His former student, Rabbi Meir, who stayed good and orthodox, insisted that Rabbi Elisha probably went to Heaven. This was never very plausible, and God sent increasingly obvious signs to the contrary, including a booming voice from Heaven saying that Elisha was not saved. Out of loyalty to his ex-teacher, Meir dismissed them all - that voice was probably just some kind of 4D chess move - and insisted that Elisha had a share in the World To Come.