tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post1643770747132370947..comments2023-10-21T23:57:46.155-04:00Comments on Wheat Among Tares: Paul and the Book of Jubileesterrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706958844399216noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-67644678498773608042014-07-28T16:52:43.400-04:002014-07-28T16:52:43.400-04:00I understand what AD means, but what does CE mean?...I understand what AD means, but what does CE mean? I know what BC (Before Jesus Christ) <br />Having read the Septuagint Researchers Library of Ancient Text/Vol 3, Apostolic Fathers 2 and of coarse the Apocrypha only to be reinforced of my faith that the canonization of both old/new testaments of the Bible is totally inspired by God/written by man is right on.<br />Also have read the (unvarnished) book of Enoch that came out of ancient Turkey and of coarse some writings of Adam himself.<br />Personally, I believe His word, woman was meant to be by man's side, not behind or front, both as one body as He preordained!<br />The Lord (through out the ages) is Who He claims, He gave us His written Word as a life manual but, knowing His adversary well (as cunning divisive evil being) he'll throw arrays of doubting darts to confound anyone he can!<br />I've chosen simple words, why? Because He spoke in simple words while confounding the (so called) wise!<br />I've also learned, we have to be sincere when studying His wonderful Words of Life!<br /><br />shalom<br />shalomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-13681281250092817142010-10-29T15:22:11.673-04:002010-10-29T15:22:11.673-04:00I haven't worried too much about what The Talm...I haven't worried too much about what The Talmud says in relation to certain points of Christian theology...mainly because they were written between 200-500 AD/CE. <br /><br />Much later than Jubilees and the New Testament. While I am sure many of the ideas in The Talmud were around in the first century, a couple of hundred years can accumulate new slants and views.<br /><br />Anyway....that's why I never really worried too much about whether or not Christian theology had correspondence with things within the Talmud.<br /><br />Jubilees is interesting because it comes before the New Testament by over 200 years, so the ideas and themes in it have had time to stew for a while before Paul comes around.terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706958844399216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-90550045830551955822010-10-28T22:18:56.280-04:002010-10-28T22:18:56.280-04:00I think you will find the Jewish Encyclopedia entr...I think you will find the Jewish Encyclopedia entry fascinating. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=582&letter=J<br /><br />There is speculation that it was an early Essene text, based on earlier traditions as JS Allen suggests.<br /><br />I am coming to prefer my Scriptures messy as I age - perhaps in reaction to the false neatness of fundamentalists, especially of the <i>textus receptus</i> variety. Neat and tidy stories are likely to be made up and edited into smoothness. Contradictions, unexplained bits, and multiple interpretations seem more likely to be original and reach deep into the past.<br /><br />I do find that the bits I think might be left out as messing up a nice theory do have a way of popping back up when looking at a different question, though.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-19822950573528780112010-10-28T19:04:07.923-04:002010-10-28T19:04:07.923-04:00Yeah, I thought the same thing regarding your post...Yeah, I thought the same thing regarding your post about Adam. Another possibility to consider is the Talmud, which is more analogous to Paul's epistles, and contains a lot of theological reference to Adam. It supposedly records material that had been orally transmitted for centuries, so it is theoretically *possible* that some of the Talmudic commentary on Adam was current among the Rabbinical culture of Paul's time. I'm not sure how to verify that theory, though.<br /><br />In any case, Paul was a "Pharisee of Pharisees", and was an expert on Jewish theology, so he would've known what was current. Outside of his writings, and the Talmud, we don't have a lot of clues about the finer theological points people were drawing.JSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681934865643964687noreply@blogger.com