One of the greatest particular perplexities in New Testament scholarship is the discrepancybetween Paul’s account of the conference in Jerusalem in Galatians 2:1-10 and the council ofJerusalem in Acts 15:1-35.The main similarities are as follows:1) Paul and Acts both say that Paul and Barnabas went together to a meeting inJerusalem.2) Paul and Acts both sayContinue reading “The Conundrum of the Council of Jerusalem”
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Jesus and Purity Laws
In Volume 4 of A Marginal Jew, John P. Meier addresses Jesus’ attitude and actions pertainingto purity laws.Meier thinks that it is facile to stick labels such as “ritual” or “moral” on the laws in thePentateuch pertaining to purity. Nevertheless, he acknowledges that there are four categoriesof impurity which can be distinguished in ancient texts.Continue reading “Jesus and Purity Laws”
Jesus and the Sabbath
The following is a brief overview with a general critique of the chapter on “Jesus and theSabbath” in John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Volume Four:Law and Love (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), pp. 235-341.A few remarks concerning Meier’s program are in order to provide some background regardinghis judgments concerningContinue reading “Jesus and the Sabbath”
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