chessman
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so if you never get around to learning torah wisdom to apply for yourself i am confident that God and you will have a wonderful time learning many other wonderful things - and i will be very interested in hearing of anything God teaches you because i love to learn as much as i can
I’ve enjoyed our conversation on this topic and indeed learned some things from it. Thanks for your interaction and answering my questions.
I’d recommend a scholar of Jewish Traditions (in Jesus’s day): Dr. David Instone-Brewer. The following is a more scholarly (and the price reflects it ) work on the Feasts and Sabbaths. I picked this volume up used somewhere (I forget) and have enjoyed it.
Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament: Feasts and Sabbaths: Passover and Atonement v. 2A by David Instone-Brewer (2007-11-01) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01K0Q080U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_PkknCbRKC4FJC
You might google him as at one point much of his work (drafts of what got published) was available for free on a website. The link I had seems to be down now though.
He’s also published a quick little read (more affordable, $5 used) that is quite interesting (and witty at times, in a British way):
The Jesus Scandals: Why He Shocked His Contemporaries (and Still Shocks Today) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0857210238/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_TvknCb87C9NYF
Until reading some of DIB’s work, I thought all of Jesus’s parables were original to Him (and some probably are). But several of the parables He taught from predate His 1st Century birth (not surprising really when you think about it). Jesus emphasized the 1st Century’s Rabbis errors of Biblical interpretation more than I ever realized before.
Anyway, to summarize, I could probably nit-pick a lot of what you’ve said about the application of Torah to a NT Christian (especially a Gentile one) but most all of my ‘nits’ are simply semantic (“should” vs “can” vs “must”) or my misunderstanding you to begin with. As you probably have with me and with what I’ve tried to point out. Take care.
Selah