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To: .30Carbine
Interesting that you should say so, because Peter does:

He says that Sha'ul's writings are Scripture, and I agree with him. However, the Jews have a slightly different view of canonicity than we do. To most Christians, something is simply either canon or its not. To a Jew, all the Tanakh (and to a Messianic Jew, all the NT as well) is inspired and canon, but there are still differing levels of authority, with the Torah at the top, then the prophets, then the writings. The Torah, being the highest authority, was the plumb line to which every other Scripture must conform. Since Yeshua is the Living Torah, I put His words, even recorded by others, on the same level.

In regards to Sha'ul's writings, I regard them as Divinely-inspired commentary, since they are completely dependent on the Torah and the Gospel and simply seek to explain them. There are only a handful of cases where Sha'ul is revealing something new that he received by special revelation, and he's careful to identify those (and salvation by grace is not among them--that's from the Torah).

Since Sha'ul's writings are completely dependent on the Torah and Yeshua, they fall under the latters' authority, so they are not on the same plain. In terms of literary value, one must also rate the Torah and Yeshua higher for the same reason.

Again, that's not to denigrate Sha'ul--it's to elevate God Himself.

7,352 posted on 01/23/2007 12:26:27 PM PST by Buggman (http://brit-chadasha.blogspot.com)
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To: Buggman

Thank you for that explanation; I see now what you were getting at before.


7,371 posted on 01/23/2007 3:20:17 PM PST by .30Carbine
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