> At 04:52 PM 23/08/2002 -0400, JwReform AT aol.com wrote:
> >Hello:
> >
> > Just a note in passing. To call the Tanach or the Hebrew Bible, the
> > OT
> >is insulting to those of us who are Jewish, and I do not mean messianics as
> >Jews. Have a great Sabbath.
>
> And to deny that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah could just as easily be
> insulting to those of us who are Christians...
The politcal correctness debate apparently continues. what adherents of a
particular religious group or secular group call something important to them
is, it seems to me, well within their rights. I wont tell you what to call
the
Hebrew Bible if you dont tell me how to describe the messiah.
whether one calls the texts collected into their present form *old testament*
or *hebrew Bible* or *old stuff no one reads any more* is PURELY a matter of
perspective- and to attempt to dictate perspective is the antithesis of
academic purpose.