Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

We are making assumptions based on "modern" practices. Did 
Jesus in this example follow a set pattern of Torah/Haftorah 
readings, or did he choose to read something different, and 
expound on his chosen text? We are not told. And from others' 
discussion on this subject, it appears that a universal list 
of readings was not drawn up until later, though there was a 
practice of reading Torah and Prophets.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
> > >The earliest source we have on that custom is the New Testa! ment.
> > >According to the narrative in Luke (4:16-21), Jesus returns to h is
> > >hometown, Nazareth and, on the Sabbath, he goes to the synagogue
> > >where he reads from the Torah. He is then given the Book of Isaiah. ...
> > >
> > Actually there is no mention of Jesus reading from the Torah, but only
> > from Isaiah. He may have read from the Torah first, or maybe someone
> > else did, but we should be careful not to read back into this time
> > assumptions based on later practice, or from practice in Asia Minor..
> >
> 
> While it is true, Peter, that the passage does not specifically mention
> reading from the Torah, anyone familiar with the synagogue service (as the
> author of Luke-Acts was) would make the same assumption. And while you are
> correct in saying that one should be careful in "reading back" later
> practices, one can also assume that later practices began somewhere. It is
> perfectly reasonble to assume that later (3rd century) practices developed
> out of 1st century practices. Remember, the article is not about "the
> historical Jesus", but about the development of the Jewish custom of reading
> (and not reading) certain passages for the haftarah
.....
> 
> Yigal


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