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  • From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Pharisees (was: oral Torah)
  • Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 00:08:32 +0200

We actually know so little about the "Pharisees" during the Second Temple Period. The NT is certainly not a reliable source about them, since its main interest is showing the points on which Jesus' interpretation of the law was "better" then theirs. Josephus' statements are general and quite laconic. And the later rabbis of the Mishnah and Talmud, while considering themselves to be the Pharisees' "heirs" in stateing that the Sadducees and everybody else were heretics, actually preserved very little of their writings.

Yigal


----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kirk" <peter AT qaya.org>
To: "Brak" <Brak AT neo.rr.com>
Cc: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] oral Torah


On 23/06/2006 21:11, Brak wrote:
...
So just because you have Jesus debate with other Pharisees doesn't mean
that Jesus rejected the Oral Law, nor does it mean that Jesus wasn't a
Pharisee Himself. ...






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