Completed on 24th of December
2017. Rated with 3 stars.
Review:
An interpretation of Paul’s life
and work based on his letters and four Gospels juxtaposed with the historical
events and available historical data. Author suggests that Paul, and not Jesus,
was the “Founder of Christianity”. He claims that there was nothing in the
religious vocabulary of his tradition which would have enabled him to see his
death as an atoning sacrifice. It is Paul’s letters which see Christ as the
gateway to salvation.
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Notes:
Pharisaism
disappeared after 70 A.C. and evolved into the rabbinic Judaism which produced
the great literature of the Talmud and the Mishnah.
The Ebionites were Jewish Christians
based in Jerusalem. James, Jesus’ brother was their leader. It is they who
debate with Paul about whether Gentiles can be admitted to the Church. The
Ebionites did not believe that Jesus was a divine being, or that he had been
born of a virgin. They thought of him as a great prophet.
In Jewish tradition, a Levite is a
member of the Israelite Tribe of Levi, descended from Levi, the third son of
Jacob and Leah. The Tribe of Levi served particular religious duties for the
Israelites. The Kohanim were the priests, who performed the work of holiness in
the Temple. The Levites, who were not Kohanim, were specifically assigned to
singing and/or playing music in the Temple, serving as guards, carrying.
The Sadducees were a sect or group
of Jews that fulfilled various political, social, and religious roles, including
maintaining the Temple.
The Essenes congregated in communal
life dedicated to asceticism (some groups practised celibacy), voluntary
poverty, and daily immersion. The Dead Sea Scrolls are commonly believed to be
the Essenes' library.
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