03-23-2009, 08:39 PM
Andrew Gabriel Roth Wrote:"in Moses' seat" and told the people of Israel to follow them. Rav Shaul, for his part, calls himself "a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee" IN THE PRESENT TENSE. In Rav Shaul's definition, his Pharisaism was not in conflict with being "a ringleader of the Way/Nazarenes, which YOU CALL A SECT" (Acts 24:1-14). Rav Shaul in that quote did not see his belief in Y'shua as a SECT but was responding to charges from others that it was. Therefore, his Pharisaism we will call MP #1.
Or is there disagreement among them as there are among the other Christian groups out there...
b.t.w. Gabri??l, where did you get that rendering from 'which you call a sect?'
Isn't that the Greek Acts 24:14?
I'm not disputing your point, which is an interesting one, but just wondering which rendering makes sense. I believe that Saul was not accused of being a 'sect'-leader, since the rootword in Aramaic is about doctrine, teaching, not about a sect.
Unless, of course, the Greek acts is more original. <!-- s
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