01-10-2008, 02:31 PM
Dawid Wrote: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.
Yes, I agree with you. Thee seems to be two distinct (possibly more) sects that developed out of Qumran and the Galilee.
Dawid Wrote:His rejection of Torah SheBa'al Peh is quite clear in my opinion.
I agree.