Jesus and the Food Laws Revisited
This article challenges the emerging consensus that Jesus was a faithful Jew whose teaching could be understood within the bounds of first-century Jewish legal discussion. It is argued that Mark’s remark, that “Jesus declared all foods clean” (Mk 7:19b), adequately represents the originally intended...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-76 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jesus Christus
/ Historicity
/ Kashrut
/ tôrah
/ Law
B Jesus Christus / Historicity / Kashrut / tôrah / Law / Bible. Markusevangelium 7,19 / Bible. Markusevangelium 7,19b / Bible. Markusevangelium 7 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Mark 7
B Jesus and the law B food laws B Jesus and purity |
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| Summary: | This article challenges the emerging consensus that Jesus was a faithful Jew whose teaching could be understood within the bounds of first-century Jewish legal discussion. It is argued that Mark’s remark, that “Jesus declared all foods clean” (Mk 7:19b), adequately represents the originally intended meaning of an authentic saying regarding ethical and ceremonial purity (Mk 7:15, 18-19 par.). If so, he did not consider all of the stipulations of the Mosaic law to be binding. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5197 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455197-2019001 |