RE: 3 ways Jesus read the bible.
September 30, 2014 at 4:50 pm
(This post was last modified: September 30, 2014 at 4:51 pm by Drich.)
(September 30, 2014 at 2:46 pm)bladevalant546 Wrote: I did find a rather interesting article here. I wanted to know you alls thoughts on it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pete-enns/...lp00000592
huffy post Wrote:1. Jesus didn't stick to what "the Bible says," but read it with a creative flare that had little if any connection to what the biblical writer actually meant to say.Ah, no. This artical was written on the bias that Jesus was just some teacher/rabbi that christians took to. Remember Christians believe Jesus was literally God and as such had the authority to extend/complete the law/passages as He saw fit. 'Christians' do not have that authority, that is why we are told to not go beyond the authority of Scripture.
The blind guide @ huffy post Wrote:2. Jesus felt he could "pick and choose" what parts of the Old Testament were valid and which weren't.Again no. Jesus is God and has the Authority to reach far and beyond the understanding of any specific teacher. Including Moses. The Pharisees saw this and it severly angered them. Jesus teaching with the Authority of Moses is mentioned several times, throughout the gospels, and is looked on by the religious leaders unfavoriably, as it usurped their authority.
The ill informed @ huffy post Wrote:3. Jesus read his Bible as a Jew, not an evangelical (or even a Christian).
Ahhh ha, no. Jesus was only ever once recorded reading from the Holy Scripture. Everything else He refernces was from memory. Remember writing material was extremely rare and vauable, meaning everyone did not have a 'bible.' In Judaism only the levitical priests were authorized to possess them. Jesus was from the tribe of Juda and not Levi. Meaning even if he could afford to have a 'bible' (which is a 4th century construct) He would not be allowed to carry it. further more When one was selected to read from the Holy Scripture as a Jew then, Great effort and care is taken to make sure every syllable is pronounced and enunciated correctly. They are even required to read with a special stick (Yad) and place it beneath each word so as to not carlessly handle or misspeak God's word, (and to keep the unclean from touching God's word.) This whole paragraph is bunk. No one including Christ when reading the scripture took liberties as a Jew.
