Those
engaged in the academic study of religions, and specifically the origins and
development of early Christianity, draw a sharp distinction between what they
call the historical Jesus and the “Christ” of Christian faith and
devotion. How and when this transformation took place–from Jesus the itinerant
messianic Jewish teacher and healer, to the preexistent, eternal, divine, Son
of God–is called “Christology.” What receives much less attention is a similar,
perhaps even greater, transformation–that of Mariam, the Jewish mother
of Jesus to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, and the Queen of
Heaven. Read the complete article at -- http://jamestabor.com/2012/05/25/mary-mother-of-god-or-jewish-mother-of-seven/
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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