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I often have trouble deciphering Paul’s OT quotes in his letters. Can someone provide some consensus on Roman 11 26-27?
reddit.comu/thelastdragonb — 5 days ago
Is there any scholary consensus if the Gospels that are canon were written by Romans in an attempt to coax a Jewish population into following a passive Messiah instead of a Messiah that would liberate them from Roman oppression?
reddit.comu/thelastdragonb — 2 months ago
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Blood Atonement in the 1st Century
My question is: is there any scholarly consensus on the blood atonement as an allegorical theme in the 1st century?
I say this after reading a portion of 4 Maccabees. In 4 Maccabees 17 20-22; it's stated that the martyrs "have become, as it were, a ransom for the sin of our nation. And through the blood of those pious ones and their death an atoning sacrifice..."
This echoes the "blood atonement" repeated by Paul, Peter, and elsewhere and the foundation of Christian faith. However, this is an exclusively Jewish text, written in the 1st century.
I say this with a confessional curiosity that Jesus's death as an atonement was rhetorical, not literal.
u/thelastdragonb — 2 months ago
Blood Atonement in the 1st Century
My question is: is there any scholarly consensus on the blood atonement as an allegorical theme in the 1st century?
I say this after reading a portion of 4 Maccabees. In 4 Maccabees 17 20-22; it's stated that the martyrs "have become, as it were, a ransom for the sin of our nation. And through the blood of those pious ones and their death an atoning sacrifice..."
This echoes the "blood atonement" repeated by Paul, Peter, and elsewhere and the foundation of Christian faith. However, this is an exclusively Jewish text, written in the 1st century.
I say this with a confessional curiosity that Jesus's death as an atonement was rhetorical, not literal.
u/thelastdragonb — 2 months ago