Jesus, the Sabbath, and the Jewish Debate (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)

by Nina L. Collins

Publisher:

Bloomsbury

, 2014

Overview

The claim that Jesus was criticised by the Pharisees for performing cures on the Sabbath has been continuously repeated for almost 2,000 years. But a meticulous, unprejudiced evaluation of the relevant Gospel texts shows that the historical Jesus was never criticised by historical Pharisees for performing Sabbath cures. In fact, Jesus and the Pharisees were in complete agreement for the need for cures on the Sabbath day. It is also clear that the Sabbath healing events in the Gospels have preserved a significant part of the history of the early Jewish debate which sought to resolve the apparent conflict between the demands of Jewish law, and the performance of deeds of healing and/or saving life. This debate, from its Maccabean origins through to the end of the second century CE, is the subject of this book. The story of the debate has escaped the attention of historians partly because it relies on the evidence of both the early postbiblical Jewish texts and the Christian Gospels, which are not generally studied together.

Key Features

• Suggests a new proposal for interpreting Jesus' relationship with the Pharisees
• Contextualizes the Sabbath debates in the gospels in Jewish history and culture
• Presents a history of healing acts in the Second Temple period

Contents

• The Problem
• An Overview of the Sabbath Events in the Gospels
• The Sabbath and Post-Sabbath Healing Events in the Gospels
• Sabbath healing in the gospels - Summary of conclusions of Chapter 3
• Terms and arguments of R. Eleazar b. Azariah, R. Akiva and R. Ishmael and their schools
• Direct Interaction between R. Akiva and Matthew?
• 2nd century interpretations of biblical verses based on Pentateuchal Jewish law
• Two symbolic seals of approval from the amoraim
• Specificity versus generality
• Other Indications for Dating
• The Earliest Dates of Composition of Tannaitic directives on Healing and/or Saving Life
• A summary of the history of the early Jewish debate on acts of healing and/or saving life, and the contribution of the gospels and the historical Jesus to this Jewish debate

Product Details

• Title: Jesus, The Sabbath and The Jewish Debate: Healing on the Sabbath in the 1st and 2nd Centuries CE
• Author: Nina L. Collins
• Series: Library of New Testament Studies
• Volume: 474
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Pages: 448
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Jesus Christ; Bible. N.T. › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Sabbath (Jewish law); Healing; Rabbinical literature › History and criticism; Christianity and other religions › Judaism; Judaism › Relations--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9780567385871, 9780567270344, 9780567667533, 0567385876, 0567270343, 0567667537
• Resource ID: LLS:JSSSBBTHJWSHDBT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:58:29Z

About Nina L. Collins

Nina L. Collins lectured on Judaism and Modern and Classical Hebrew at the University of Leeds. Her publications include The Library in Alexandria and the Bible in Greek.