(February 28, 2019 at 6:41 pm)fredd bear Wrote:(February 28, 2019 at 10:09 am)Jehanne Wrote: Maybe they did not believe him because they recognized his "miracles" to be a sham, a dime-a-dozen so-called "miracle workers" in 1st century Palestine?
Quite possibly.
Jewish tradition has a long history of prophets performing miracles. I suspect Jesus' miracles may have been underwhelming when compared with Moses, or even father Abraham, to whom god spoke directly , and who sent an angel to stop Abraham killing Isaac .
Is it just me, or does anyone else see just how terrified of his god Abraham must have been to be ready to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac.?
YHWH was an arsehole; the Torah is full of bits such as people fearing god, and of him saying "---for I am a jealous god" (Exodus 20:5)
"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;"
Not only do I think this is literal, I think it also shows Judaism was not a monotheistic religion at that time. E
Apollonios of Tyana, a contemporary of Jesus, performed miracles:
Apollonius of Tyana
