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To: Enterprise
Jesus kinda attacked the orthodoxy of his day too didn't he?

Jesus actually defended the traditional Judaism of his day against the excesses of two groups: the Pharisees and the Sadducees.

Some Jewish commentators on Jesus - like Geza Vermes - have characterized Jesus as defending a rural, traditional Jewish belief typical of the Galilean common people against the overly refined hairsplitting of the hypereducated Pharisees and the Levitical elitism of the Sadducees.

jesus certainly affirmed all the touchstones of Jewish orthodoxy - a reverence for Torah law, a compliance with Torah feastkeeping and traditional Jewish liturgy centered on the Temple in Jerusalem, a belief in the Messiah and the teachings of the traditional prophets like isaiah and Jeremiah, etc.

13 posted on 04/26/2006 1:57:00 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake
"Some Jewish commentators on Jesus - like Geza Vermes - have characterized Jesus as defending a rural, traditional Jewish belief typical of the Galilean common people against the overly refined hairsplitting of the hypereducated Pharisees and the Levitical elitism of the Sadducees."

Ok, he defended one pointed of view against another point of view. And some of the religious leaders of his time didn't like it did they? It reminds me of the religious leaders of today. Different view? No way, no how, don't read it, don't teach it, don't speak it, it's heretical!

15 posted on 04/26/2006 2:22:42 PM PDT by Enterprise (The MSM - Propaganda wing and news censorship division of the Democrat Party.)
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