Is the Talmud a holy religious text from God

Some Jews consider the Talmud, consisting of the Gemara and Mishna to be an authoritative law from God. Why is it that Messianic Jews and Christians reject this notion, and why can it be said that the Talmud is not an authoritative text of God?

Lets take a look at what the Tanakh from the Bible which is accepted as the word of God by Jews (especially the Torah) and compare it with the Talmud. One problematic scenario existing within the Talmud is within the Torah when Joshua and Caleb are discipling to the nations. Caleb remarkably enough is the person who was engrafted as a Jew and chosen to represent the important tribe of Judah. He was a Gentile. Why was this important? All Gentiles were considered unclean. The Kenizzites, the group of people that Caleb was from, were referred to by the Jews as an unclean people. They were referred to as "dogs." He was allowed to not alone be included within the Jewish population, but also to lead the tribe of Judah. Where then does the problem arrise?

When we look at passages from the Talmud, here is what we have:

"The Jews are called human beings, but the non-Jews are not humans. They are beasts."
Talmud: Baba mezia, 114b



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"The Akum (non-Jew) is like a dog. Yes, the scripture teaches to honour the the dog more than the non-Jew."
Ereget Raschi Erod. 22 30



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"Even though God created the non-Jew they are still animals in human form. It is not becoming for a Jew to be served by an animal. Therefore he will be served by animals in human form."
Midrasch Talpioth, p. 255, Warsaw 1855

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"A pregnant non-Jew is no better than a pregnant animal."
Coschen hamischpat 405

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"The souls of non-Jews come from impure sprits and are called pigs."
Jalkut Rubeni gadol 12b

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"Although the non-Jew has the same body structure as the Jew, they compare with the Jew like a monkey to a human."
Schene luchoth haberith, p. 250 b

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"If you eat with a Gentile, it is the same as eating with a dog."
Tosapoth, Jebamoth 94b

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"If a Jew has a non-Jewish servant or maid who dies, one should not express sympathy to the Jew. You should tell the Jew: "God will replace 'your loss', just as if one of his oxen or asses had died"."
Jore dea 377, 1

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"Sexual intercourse between Gentiles is like intercourse between animals."
Talmud Sanhedrin 74b

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"It is permitted to take the body and the life of a Gentile."
Sepher ikkarim III c 25

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"It is the law to kill anyone who denies the Torah. The Christians belong to the denying ones of the Torah."
Coschen hamischpat 425 Hagah 425. 5

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"A heretic Gentile you may kill outright with your own hands."
Talmud, Abodah Zara, 4b

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"Every Jew, who spills the blood of the godless (non-Jews), is doing the same as making a sacrifice to God."
Talmud: Bammidber raba c 21 & Jalkut 772

Now this is from an antagonistic source http://www.missionislam.com/nwo/talmud.htm.

If Gentiles were associated with the Old Testament writings or the Tanahk which are referred to as the Holy Scriptures, unlike what the Talmud is referred to as, why would the Jews put Caleb, an important figure from their own history and one who was endorsed or chosen by their own God Yahweh himself in the light of a heretic? This attitude can very well be seen as contradictory attitude from Orthodox Jews who are trying to preserve Phariseeic laws and traditions.

Not only is there a metaphysical difference needed to be addressed, but also it is commanded by God that we only follow Torah related writings and teachings. The Talmud is based on oral law. The question becomes, did Joshua receive an oral law from Moses? Joshua 8:30-34 states ""Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron; and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace-offerings. And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote before the children of Israel. And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel. And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law." When Joshua is about to die, he claims in Joshua 23:6 ""Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left." There is never a mention of the oral laws that were allegedly received or sent down from Moses.

What does the Torah say about adding to its written contents? "Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you." Deuteronomy 4:2
"What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it." Deuteronomy 12:32 By this it means that any oral law mentioned alongside the written Torah is to be rejected.

Some people claim that the Jewish writings of the Nevi'im and the Ketuvim (the other scriptures) are oral and were not written down, and this somehow reduces the mitigation of the sources. Anyone making this claim should refer back to the Talmud which states that the contents of the Tanakh were compiled by the Men of the Great Assembly as it refers to it as by 450 B.C., which is what both Messianic Jew and Orthodox Christian agree with. Also a good study of Hebrew would do well here, as the Tanakh is derived from the Hebrewic word Miqra, which means "that which is read." Not that which is orally spoken, but this infers that it was written down. The Septuagint, Dead Sea Scrolls and other texts also refute this argument.