RE: Why don't Jews believe in Hell?
April 17, 2010 at 12:19 am
(This post was last modified: April 17, 2010 at 12:21 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Jesus corrected the interpretation of the law. The interpretation of mosaic law at the time he lived was under the control of lawyers, which he overturned.
I've heard that apologist nonsense all of my life. It's simply untrue. It also shows an appalling ignorance of Jewish Law and custom,not uncommon in Gospels.
In the Gospels Jesus admonished his followers to keep The Law and is recorded as saying he came to fulfill The Law,not to replace it.
IF the apologist claim was correct, that would have happened from the very beginning,but it did not. Until Saul stuck in his oar in, to be a follower of Jesus one HAD TO BE A JEW OR CONVERT. That meant keeping The Law,all of it, including circumcision and keeping the strict dietary laws.There was some vehement opposition to the changes introduced by Saul.
The Epistles of the writers know collectively as 'Saul of Tarsus' date from 55 to 155 CE depending on whom one reads. (Jesus allegedly died at age 33 ca 27-29CE)
.It is generally accepted that the Epistles predate the gospels ,with the earliest,Mark, being written sometime between 40 and 140 CE,with 70 CE accepted by many apologists as the most likely date.
My point: The Gospels and the Epistles were ALL written AL LEAST a full generation after the death of Christ. The de-Jewification of Christianity did not begin until late in the C1st CE at the earliest,probably actually in the C2nd. If Jesus had abrogated Mosaic Law in any way (assuming he was not stoned for blasphemy) the changes would have begun immediately.
Disclaimer: The above is for academic interest only. My position is that the Jesus of the NT is pure myth. The religion of Christianity was invented by Saul. The personal mythology accepted today was invented by Mark,and embellished by the 3 later Gospel writers, who tidied and embellished Mark's rough Greek.
It also needs to be kept in mind that most the Christian canon was chosen arbitrarily in the C4th from thousands of texts by one man,Athanasius of Alexandria, (C293-373) largely to meet a political agenda.
