[A. Pole]

Hmm. I would think one who'd post on "the learning fo the Greeks" would've had his ducks somewhat in order. Nonetheless, see Paul Of Tarsus, the "Alternative Views" section in the lower third of the page.

Why to you put me on the wild goose chase, instead of specifying your claims?

Anyway I looked at this page, does this quote below agrees with your views?

"In his books The Mythmaker and Paul and Hellenism, Talmudic scholar Hyam Maccoby exposed a theory that Paul was actually a Gentile raised in an environment influenced by the popular Hellenistic mystery religions centered on dying and resurrected savior deities [...] Maccoby believes that Paul's revelation was thus actually a resolution of his divided self; Paul subsequently fused the mystery religions, Judaism and the Passion of Jesus into an entirely new belief, centered on the death of Jesus as a mystical atoning sacrifice."

I can understand why the Talmudic scholar would want to believe this "theory". Is it what you believe?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I can understand why the Talmudic scholar would want to believe this "theory". Is it what you believe?

Great question!

No, I don't believe it... The "Talmudic scholar" worships a golden calf, turning his back on the Laws of Moses, like so many have done since Moses went to stand in the presence of God to recieve His Commnandments.

This is why we have liberal leftist Jews, they worship the golden calf and are the same elements among the Judaic who demanded crucifiction of Yeshua...

[safisoft]

"In his books The Mythmaker and Paul and Hellenism, Talmudic scholar Hyam Maccoby exposed a theory that Paul was actually a Gentile raised in an environment influenced by the popular Hellenistic mystery religions centered on dying and resurrected savior deities [...] Maccoby believes that Paul's revelation was thus actually a resolution of his divided self; Paul subsequently fused the mystery religions, Judaism and the Passion of Jesus into an entirely new belief, centered on the death of Jesus as a mystical atoning sacrifice."

What utter tripe, where ever it comes from. Every Talmudic scholar knows that Gamliel I (incorrectly spelled 'Gamaliel' in the 'New Testament') had 500 of his talmidim (the record shows that Paul was one of them) extensively trained in Classic Greek and Roman literature and law. Paul was a Torah observant Jew to the day he died - by his OWN statement as recorded by his friend Luke.

When the pagan biases of the 'church' of Second and Third Centuries are removed from a reading of Paul's epistles it becomes quite clear that Paul remains a powerful Torah scholar and continued to use the now classical rabbinic methodologies. A great scholarly approach in connecting Paul to the sages of his time is Tim Hegg's book "The Letter Writer".