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by rakovsky
Tue Jan 12, 2016 1:11 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James
Replies: 120
Views: 81813

Re: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James

I'm not saying that the Sadducees wanted to kill Jesus for breaking the Oral Law (nor the Pharisees for that matter; for them it was an excuse). I'm only pointing out what Josephus says, that even though Sadducaic judges did not believe in the Oral Law "they are able to do almost nothing of th...
by rakovsky
Mon Jan 11, 2016 5:46 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Strongest, most direct evidence for the Resurrection?
Replies: 0
Views: 3508

Strongest, most direct evidence for the Resurrection?

Can you list the strongest, most direct pieces of evidence for the transfigured Resurrection? The Old Testament prophesied that in the mid-1st century AD, the Messianic Son of David would be killed, his hands and feet pierced, rejected by the people, and would resurrect bodily before four days (and...
by rakovsky
Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:32 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James
Replies: 120
Views: 81813

Re: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James

This is so simple.

The Sadduccees' court is not going to kill someone for rejecting the oral law because the Sadducees reject the oral law and because preaching against the oral law is legal.
by rakovsky
Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:26 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James
Replies: 120
Views: 81813

Re: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James

But this is how the NT presents things, that the Pharisees wanted to kill Jesus and colluded with and used their influence over the ruling authorities (a power that they wielded since the time of the Maccabees) and used his breaking of the Oral law only as an excuse: Why did the pharisees want to k...
by rakovsky
Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:07 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James
Replies: 120
Views: 81813

Re: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James

I should have cited the whole sentence, which specifically says that the Sadducees addict themselves to the notions of the Pharisees "when they become magistrates": "But they are able to do almost nothing of themselves; for when they become magistrates, as they are unwillingly and by...
by rakovsky
Sat Jan 09, 2016 8:23 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James
Replies: 120
Views: 81813

Re: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James

They would have been outcasts for breaking the Pharisaic Oral Law (like Jesus does in Matthew). Josephus says that the Pharisees were the dominant sect of the time and that even the Sadducees "addict themselves to the notions of the Pharisees, because the multitude would not otherwise bear the...
by rakovsky
Sat Jan 09, 2016 6:32 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James
Replies: 120
Views: 81813

Re: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James

If Jesus, James, and the 12 apostles were just about keeping the Torah and healing some people, then they wouldn't have been so extremely outcast by the rest of Judean establishment society, and James wouldn't have been killed by the Sanhedrin as Josephus records. The Talmud has multiple stories abo...
by rakovsky
Fri Jan 08, 2016 3:46 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James
Replies: 120
Views: 81813

Re: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James

Ehrman has lots of knowledge from researching for decades. But some of his ideas I think are spurious (Doesn't he say that the apostles didn't teach that Jesus was God?) Ehrman's wife is very religious, so I think that has tempered his approach to some things. he charges you cash to talk with him o...
by rakovsky
Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:07 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James
Replies: 120
Views: 81813

Re: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James

Or did Jesus, having the Holy Spirit, have the right answer to those two questions and Matthew recorded what Jesus said correctly? Or did Jesus and Matthew know of an oral tradition that was known at that time to that effect? http://ehrmanblog.org/forum/the-historical-jesus/was-jesus-buried-twice/p...
by rakovsky
Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:27 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James
Replies: 120
Views: 81813

Re: Jesus' appearances to Peter and James

Jesus gave two examples where the Law said one thing and the righteous violated it. Jesus is supporting those violations openly. So Jesus was not about Torah-keeping in those cases. did the samuel say that david was hungry? did samuel say david eat the bread? or was matthew reading these assumption...