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by John2
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
Views: 112265

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...
by John2
Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:05 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Matthew vs Paul: Signs Of Tension
Replies: 12
Views: 8248

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...
by John2
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...
by John2
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...
by John2
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...
by John2
Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:15 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The temple saying & traditions before Mark.
Replies: 179
Views: 107209

Re: The temple saying & traditions before Mark.

spin wrote:
Alongside his golf trophy.
I can't wait to see Simcha Jacobovici's search for Yeshua's golf trophy.
by John2
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...
by John2
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...
by John2
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.
by John2
Wed Mar 22, 2017 4:10 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Grateful Dead
Replies: 121
Views: 379717

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 ...