Jesus, the Sabbath and the Jewish debate: healing on the Sabbath in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE
"The claim that Jesus was criticised by the Pharisees for performing Sabbath cures has been emphatically repeated for over 2,000 years. But a careful, unprejudiced evaluation of the Gospels - the only source for this accusation - shows that the historical Jesus was never criticised by historica...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Collins, Nina L., Jesus, the Sabbath and the Jewish debate] (2016) (Horbury, William, 1942 -)
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series/Journal: | Library of New Testament studies
474 The Library of New Testament Studies v.474 T & T Clark library of biblical studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Judaism
Relations
Christianity
B Christianity and other religions Judaism B Rabbinical literature History and criticism B Healing B Sabbath (Jewish law) B Electronic books B Jesus Christ B Bible. New Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | "The claim that Jesus was criticised by the Pharisees for performing Sabbath cures has been emphatically repeated for over 2,000 years. But a careful, unprejudiced evaluation of the Gospels - the only source for this accusation - shows that the historical Jesus was never criticised by historical Pharisees for performing Sabbath cures and that both the Pharisees and Jesus agreed that Sabbath cures must be performed. The Sabbath healing events in the Gospels have in fact preserved a significant part of the history of the post-biblical Jewish debate which sought to reconcile the apparently mutually irreconcilable demands of Jewish law and the need to perform deeds of healing and/or saving life, which is the subject of this book |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-453) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0567270343 |