[Piranha]

From what I have read, Jesus was a rabbi and an observant Jew who followed the minutae of Jewish law to the best of his ability, as observant Jews do to this day.

Since we have the Mishna, which dates back to the approximate time of Jesus, we have a pretty good idea of the Judaism that Jesus and other observant Jews practiced.

[safisoft]

From what I have read, Jesus was a rabbi and an observant Jew who followed the minutae of Jewish law to the best of his ability, as observant Jews do to this day.

Think of all the copies of the Talmud that were being burned by igorant "Christians" throughout the ages. They had within their pages the wisdom of the sages - sages that shared much with Y'shua. You can read the parables of Y'shua, and find dozens in the Talmud which reflect the same point, and some which are almost identical. The Mishna provides a vivid look at Torah observance in the First Century. If "Christians" want to get a shock, they should compare what the sages of Israel said to what Y'shua said.

Y'shua's halacha [way of living Torah-observance] lines up wonderfully well with the great sage Hillel (among others). Instead, "Christians" ignorantly read the headings in their Bibles and think that Y'shua was a Torah-breaker (impossible, from THEIR doctrinal possition, if they just stopped and thought for a moment). Example: Matthew 12 has "Jesus breaks the Sabbath" in many English translations. What ignorance. The thing that He was accused of (His disciples were breaking grain and eating it) was still a matter of debate in the First Century. The Mishna says so. In fact, what they were doing was EXPRESSLY permitted in the Talmud. No one bothered to look, just accept faulty history.