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>That makes sense. Was their tradition chosen to be a blueprint for the Talmud simply out of convenience then?
They were not related. They had no authority because they were not Levitts. They were random dudes. So they had to put the authority into the Rabbi's hands. The Talmud means "teaching" so the teachers took over the religion. Because the religion was Christianity and Gnosticism now. They original Judeans saw Jupiter defeat El Yahwey and had to adjust.