MATTHEAN COMMUNITY’S UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW IN MT. 5:43-48: A MODEL FOR LIVING OUT AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN FAITH
INTRODUCTION The chosen text (Mt. 5:43-48) is the last antithetical saying of Jesus in which He is thought to have re-interpreted the Old Testament Law. Many scholars believed that the Law had been abolished by such re-interpretation (“You have heard that it was said…But I say to you”).[1] However, far from being abolished the paper…
THE JEWISH TRIAL OF JESUS: AN APPRAISAL OF THE EVENTS LEADING TO HIS CRUCIFIXION
INTRODUCTION The trial of Jesus Christ may be one of the most difficult passages in the entire Bible.[1] Even James Crichton sees the difficulty of the said subject when he asserts: “The Gospels were written from different viewpoints, and for different purposes, each of the writers selecting such particulars as seemed to him to be…
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