Jesus, the Sabbath and the Jewish Debate
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Jesus, the Sabbath and the Jewish Debate

Healing on the Sabbath in the 1st and 2nd Centuries CE

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Jesus, the Sabbath and the Jewish Debate

Healing on the Sabbath in the 1st and 2nd Centuries CE

About this book

The claim that Jesus was criticised by the Pharisees for performing cures on the Sabbath has been continuously repeated for almost 2, 000 years. But a meticulous, unprejudiced evaluation of the relevant gospel texts shows that the historical Jesus was never criticised by historical Pharisees for performing Sabbath cures. In fact, Jesus and the Pharisees were in complete agreement for the need for cures on the Sabbath day. It is also clear that the Sabbath healing events in the gospels have preserved a significant part of the history of the early Jewish debate which sought to resolve the apparent conflict between the demands of Jewish law, and the performance of deeds of healing and/or saving life. This debate, from its Maccabean origins through to the end of the second century CE, is the subject of this book. The story of the debate has escaped the attention of historians partly because it relies on the evidence of both the early postbiblical Jewish texts and the Christian gospels, which are not generally studied together.

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Information

Publisher
T&T Clark
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9780567667533
eBook ISBN
9780567270344
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Chapter 1: The Problem of Healing in Judaism
  8. Chapter 2: An Overview of the Sabbath Events in the Gospels
  9. Chapter 3: The Sabbath and Post-Sabbath Healing Events in the Gospels
  10. Chapter 4: Sabbath Healing in the Gospels: Summary of Conclusions of Chapter 3
  11. Chapter 5: the Terms and Arguments of R. Eleazar B. Azariah, R. Akiva and R. Ishmael and Their Schools
  12. Chapter 6: Direct Interaction Between R. Akiva and Matthew? The Sorites of Matthew and R. Akiva Compared
  13. Chapter 7: Second-Century Interpretations of Biblical Verses Based on Pentateuchal Jewish Law
  14. Chapter 8: Two Symbolic Seals of Approval from the Amoraim
  15. Chapter 9: Specificity Versus Generality: Test Cases for Dating Early Specific Tannaitic Directives in Relation to Later General Directives
  16. Chapter 10: Other Indications for Dating: The Modification of Tannaitic Directives on Healing And/Or Saving Life and Vocabulary of Culpability
  17. Chapter 11: Estimated Earliest Dates of Composition of Tannaitic Directives on Healing And/Or Saving Life
  18. Chapter 12: A Very Brief Summary of the History of the Early Jewish Debate on Acts of Healing And/Or Saving Life and the Contribution of the Gospels and the Historical Jesus to this Jewish Debate
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index of Subjects
  21. Index of Sources