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Example sentences for: talmudic

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Your "Summary Judgment" column is nothing short of Talmudic in its commentary, and the ironic humor of "The Week/The Spin" reminds me of the Jewish folk tales my grandparents used to recite to me back in Czechoslovakia.
Whatever else may be said about them, both "Talmudic" and "Jesuitical" carry connotations of great learning and meticulous attention to argument.
Also, while Talmudic scholarship is sometimes aimed at practical affairs (for instance, civil and criminal law, dietary laws, the status of women), it also considers issues that have no practical application at all, and sometimes delves into matters that may seem utterly fanciful.
"Talmudic" originally signified nothing more than "of or pertaining to the Talmud" ( Oxford English Dictionary ), the Talmud being the postbiblical Rabbinic code of Jewish laws and interpretations that is the source of authority in Orthodox Judaism.
Angered by the media's interest in the rabbi angle, local Hasidim offered semantic rebuttals ("everybody in this community is a rabbi"), Talmudic hairsplitting (the principal culprit wasn't a real rabbi because he didn't head a synagogue), and angst (who will tell the bad news to the aged chief rabbi?)