It's
well known that Christianity sprang from a Jewish context. While there may be
controversy about Jesus' Judaism vs. the traditional Judaism of the Sanhedrin,
the ruling body of Judaism in the first century, there's no doubt that Jesus,
his family, and followers were practicing Jews, as recorded in the New
Testament. Biblical scholar Lawrence H. Schiffman, Judge Abraham Lieberman
Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and Director of the Global Network for
Advanced Research in Jewish Studies at New York University (NYU), takes this
understanding to a new level. He identifies citations in the New Testament that
others have glossed over without recognizing their unique significance. Read the complete article at -- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bernard-starr/bible-experts-surprising_b_8905154.html
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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