Dancing in the Kingdom- Table of Contents
Dancing In the Kingdom – Part 2 – The Kingdom Revealed– Chapter 10 – The Class of Apparitions
Originalism vs. Living interpretation
[Bible references: Mark 7:1-23; Acts 23:1-8]
In contrast to the Pharisees, both the Essenes and the Sadducees rejected the oral law,[1] and insisted that only that the books written by Moses were valid. In today’s Christian viewpoint, the Biblical canon has long considered to have been fixed (although there is disagreement between the Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions about what books to include in the canon) even though the accepted methods of interpretation have changed through the years. Outside the church, there is a debate about whether our national Constitution should be interpreted strictly as the writers of the Constitution intended in their context or whether it should be adapted to current circumstances.
[1] Chabad.org “The Oral Law” Chabod.org www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2056/jewish/The-Oral-Law.htm
Observe
Read Mark 7:1-23; Acts 23:1-8. The Sadducees restricted their scripture to only Moses’ writings (the Torah). The Pharisees included those writings that were defined as “the prophets and the writings” as well as commentary written in the collections known as the Talmud and the Mishna. Jesus critique of the Sadducees was to have almost ignored the them altogether. Jesus’ criticism of the Pharisees was quite abundant. What were their errors?
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