[Jeremiah Jr]

I guess, what I am saying is it wasn't Jesus who went against Jewish tradition, it was the Herodian Pharisaical sects who were in charge.

Correct! When Yeshua railed against the so called rulers of the Jews He was aiming at the Hellenized rulers, after all, Nicodemus is a Greek name. Read the Prodigal son (Luke 15) with this in mind, the older brother is Judaism, the younger Christianity. Ouch!

[mnehring]

I've never read the prodigal son pesher like that.. very enlightening. I'm just glad my rambling made sense to someone..