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'The Birkat HaMinim'
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I have not read "Jesus the Pharisee" but I have read "Yeshua" by Dr. Ron Moseley, which I suspect is along the same lines. I disagree with the conclusions that he was a Pharisee. I find much more convincing the argument that he was along the lines of a branch of Essenism. Not the monastic, rather heretical Qumran group, but of the more mainstream, urban groups of Essenes. His rejection of Torah SheBa'al Peh is quite clear in my opinion. It is even more clear in some of the letters, such as Hebrews.
Especially if you look at Jerome's quotation of the Nazarene commentary on Isaiah. They are clearly not Phariseeic. They are hard on both schools of the P'rushim, and are especially hard on Akiva. I think that books like "The Greek Jesus vs. the Hebrew Yeshua" are more accurate in depicting his sectarian inclinations. Though I do disagree with Nehemiah Gordon's use of the Shem-Tov.

I disagree with Trepp's analysis. Pritz states, in "History of Nazarene Jewish Christianity" that most likely Jerome meant that they were cursed in the synagogues, not that they were actually in the synagogues. How could they attend synagogues where they would be required to curse themselves? This seems to have been the goal of revising Birkat HaMinim, to get the N'tzarim out of the synagogues.
However, I do agree that this did not place them out of the pale of Judaism. The complete severance does not appear to have occurred until about 132-135 C.E. But then David Ben-Anan was ostracized long before the Karaites were completely ostracized.
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'The Birkat HaMinim' - by *Albion* - 01-10-2008, 05:43 AM
Re: 'The Birkat HaMinim' - by Dawid - 01-10-2008, 01:24 PM
Re: 'The Birkat HaMinim' - by yaaqub - 01-10-2008, 01:45 PM
Re: 'The Birkat HaMinim' - by Dawid - 01-10-2008, 01:48 PM
Re: 'The Birkat HaMinim' - by yaaqub - 01-10-2008, 01:51 PM
Re: 'The Birkat HaMinim' - by yaaqub - 01-10-2008, 01:54 PM
Re: 'The Birkat HaMinim' - by yaaqub - 01-10-2008, 02:01 PM
Re: 'The Birkat HaMinim' - by Dawid - 01-10-2008, 02:20 PM
Re: 'The Birkat HaMinim' - by yaaqub - 01-10-2008, 02:31 PM
Re: 'The Birkat HaMinim' - by *Albion* - 01-10-2008, 09:32 PM
Re: 'The Birkat HaMinim' - by Dawid - 01-10-2008, 09:38 PM

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