Jesus, the Sabbath and the Jewish Debate

Healing on the Sabbath in the 1st and 2nd Centuries CE

AvNina L. Collins,Chris Keith

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

The claim that Jesus was criticised by the Pharisees for performing cures on the Sabbath has been continuously repeated for almost 2,000 years. But a meticulous, unprejudiced evaluation of the relevant gospel texts shows that the historical Jesus was never criticised by historical Pharisees for performing Sabbath cures. In fact, Jesus and the Pharisees were in complete agreement for the need for cures on the Sabbath day. It is also clear that the Sabbath healing events in the gospels have preserved a significant part of the history of the early Jewish debate which sought to resolve the apparent conflict between the demands of Jewish law, and the performance of deeds of healing and/or saving life. This debate, from its Maccabean origins through to the end of the second century CE, is the subject of this book. The story of the debate has escaped the attention of historians partly because it relies on the evidence of both the early postbiblical Jewish texts and the Christian gospels, which are not generally studied together.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-03-24
Mått:156 x 234 x 28 mm
Vikt:708 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Library of New Testament Studies
Antal sidor:504
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567667533

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Judendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Nina Collins lectured on Judaism and Modern and Classical Hebrew at the University of Leeds. Her publications include The Library in Alexandria and the Bible in Greek (2000).

Recensioner i media

This is a huge piece of work, the significance of which goes far beyond the particular issues of healing and saving life on the sabbath. It demonstrates, in great detail, the potential contribution which the New Testament sources may make to the internal history of Jewish law; it also contributes to our understanding of the development of Jewish law between the canonisation of the Pentateuch and the formulation of the Mishnah ... [Collins] is to be commended for the thoroughness of her investigation.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. The ProblemChapter 2. An Overview of the Sabbath Events in the GospelsChapter 3. The Sabbath and Post-Sabbath Healing Events in the GospelsChapter 4. Sabbath healing in the gospels - Summary of conclusions of Chapter 3Chapter 5. Terms and arguments of R. Eleazar b. Azariah, R. Akiva and R. Ishmael and their schoolsChapter 6. Direct Interaction between R. Akiva and Matthew?Chapter 7. 2nd century interpretations of biblical verses based on Pentateuchal Jewish lawChapter 8. Two symbolic seals of approval from the amoraimChapter 9. Specificity versus generalityChapter 10. Other Indications for DatingChapter 11. The Earliest Dates of Composition of Tannaitic directives on Healing and/or Saving LifeChapter 12. A summary of the history of the early Jewish debate on acts of healing and/or saving life, and the contribution of the gospels and the historical Jesus to this Jewish debate