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- Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:53 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: 60 Scholars On Messianic Expectation At The Turn Of The Era
- Replies: 257
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Re: 60 Scholars On Messianic Expectation At The Turn Of The
When was Jeremiah written? These are all pseudepigraphal texts. Moreover the Samaritan text of Exodus has a 'blending' of elements from Deuteronomy (at least seen from the POV of our canon). With the Qumran community these 'appropriations' of things 'in Deuteronomy' (from our retarded POV again) ar...
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:05 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
- Replies: 12
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Re: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
Regarding "smooth things," Vanderkam also notes that: ..."smooth things" regularly has a negative connotation when it is connected to words and speaking. The term occurs in Prov 26:28 where it is a parallel of a lying tongue ("A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flatteri...
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:06 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: 60 Scholars On Messianic Expectation At The Turn Of The Era
- Replies: 257
- Views: 112265
Re: 60 Scholars On Messianic Expectation At The Turn Of The
I've been thinking a little more about the idea that the Torah was written by Ezra during the Persian era. While I'm open to it either way, I'm not convinced that "dat" in Dt. 33:2 is Aramaic, but if this is the case I don't think it would affect the idea that Jeremiah wrote Deuteronomy si...
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:23 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8248
Re: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
Tod wrote: There may be no better example of early Christian communities judging in different ways, and maintaining different positions, than the way the Judaic and nomistic Matthew seems to polemicize against the antinomian teachings of Paul and the practices of the Pauline churches. I think an equ...
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:46 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8248
Re: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
Another interesting element of Mt. 23:3 is the expression "they talk but they do not do," which Gordon discusses in chapter nine of his book I mentioned above. What did Yeshua mean when he said "they do not do"? What do they not do? When I first read the Hebrew it sounded like so...
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:15 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The temple saying & traditions before Mark.
- Replies: 179
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Re: The temple saying & traditions before Mark.
spin wrote:
I can't wait to see Simcha Jacobovici's search for Yeshua's golf trophy.Alongside his golf trophy.
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:59 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8248
Re: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
Another interesting element of the Shem Tov Hebrew Mt. 23:3 are the references to the takanot and ma'asim of the Pharisees: Our Bibles (which are translated from the Greek Manuscripts) read in Mat 23:3 regarding the Pharisees as follows: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe an...
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:40 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8248
Re: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
I guess I'm in the camp that sees Matthew as Torah-keeping and non-Pauline. As Sim puts it here in Reconstructing the Social and Religious Milieu of Matthew (pg. 31): Matthew was clearly non-Pauline, but he must have had some opinions about Paul, either positive or negative, and it is entirely legit...
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:15 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8248
Re: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
That all more or less seems plausible to me, Tod. I'm big on the idea that pro-Torah Jewish Christianity, such as that expressed in the material that is special to Matthew (particularly the Hebrew versions), is more representative of the original version of Christianity than Pauline writings.
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:10 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Grateful Dead
- Replies: 121
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Re: Grateful Dead
Now I'm thinking about the song I Need A Miracle, arnoldo, and I stumbled upon these interesting comments by David Dodd: But, despite the sense of the lyrics on the face of it, what “Miracle” did was to put something into Grateful Dead culture, just by way of introducing the word: miracle. I wonder ...