Corpus-Paul

["Matthew A. Eby" <ebymatt AT yahoo.com>]

--- Hyam Maccoby <h.z.maccoby AT leeds.ac.uk> wrote:
> An important point to bear in mind is that this interpretation of
> Deut. 21:22-23 is not found in any Jewish source of the period.  The
> only person who seems to have understood the verses in this way is
> Paul.  Thousands of Jews died by the Roman punishment of crucifixion,
> and not one of them was ever regarded as accursed by reason of the
> manner of his death.  On the contrary, they were regarded as martyrs
> in the cause of Judaism.

However, it may be significant that Jesus did not die as a martyr in
the cause of Judaism, but rather was condemned first and foremost by
Jewish leaders themselves.  Deut 21:22-23 is undoubtedly concerned with
those condemned within the Israelite community, not simply with the
mode of death in general.

Matthew A. Eby
Student
Wheaton College
Illinois

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