Edited sentence: 29, 1992, p.4: "The problem is that Ethiopian Jewish tradition goes no further than the Bible or Torah; the later Talmud and other commentaries that form the basis of modern traditions never came their way.According to the N.Ethiopians are very knowledgeable of the Old Testament.However, their religion is so ancient it pre-dates the Scribes' Talmud, of which the Ethiopians have no knowledge.Karaites believe that it is inconceivable that an Oral Law could have been remembered when the written Law was forgotte.Since the whole basis of the authenticity of the Talmid is that it's traditons are based on a unbroken oral tradition from moses known Ruach haKodesh (Divine inspiration) some have pointed out possible questions on that idea.The Tanach reports that the written Torah was lost and forgotten for over 50 years and only rediscovered by the Temple priests (2Kings 22:8 and 2Chronicles 34:15).The supremacy of the Talmud over the Bible in the Israeli state may also be seen in the case of the black Ethiopian Jews.Times of Sept