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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”

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”