House or Temple

[judge]

I'm not far enough into my Aramaic studies to have a right to comment from that angle,

Ok

Let's assume no-one here is a Jew-hater, or even harboring an evil bias against the Jewish roots of our faith

A little over the top.

If we can't assume that all traditions are infallible, dating right back to the apostles, and we can't find a good reason to keep a tradition, and we also have very many reasons against it... what ought a reasonable person do?

Avoid logical fallacies.