InsatiableCuriosity
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From what I understand, the interesting thing about Judaic culture is that they are not modernistic -- they don't insist that there is only "one right/best" answer, at least not in this area. They accept it is interpretation, and two rabbis can still be both respected and considered insightful and informative even when they disagree.
You are very correct Jen - the tradition in the Temples is that the Lore/Law, and its interpretation, is argued rigorously from the time a young man achieves his Bah Mitzvah. As an aside, this I believe is why Jewish men (I say men because in Orthodox Judaism women don't argue the Lore/Law) make great lawyers and barristers. It is part of their experience from such an early age.
NOTE My father is a Liberal and grandparents were Orthodox Jewry.