The Gospel and Its Earliest Interpretations
by Orello Cone
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217080491
Paperback|9780217080491
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. THE JEWISH-CHRISTIAN INTERPRETATION. AMONG the interpretations of the gospel which criticism discerns in the New Testament that of the Jewish-Christian followers of Jesus naturally presents itself first for consideration, since it is that of the original Christian community, and may be regarded as representing more nearly than any other the impressions of the immediate disciples of the Master. Impressions, indeed, it is, rather than a definite system of belief, which we shall here have to deal with. For the Jewish-Christian tendency had no great champion in the character of a religious genius and literary master, like Paul and the author of the fourth Gospel, who was able to give it an intellectual expression and embodiment in a work of renown. Champions it must be conceded, however, to have had in the persons of those men whom Paul has immortalized under the title of Pillar-Apostles, Peter, James the brother of Jesus, and John. These stood at the head of the Jewish-Christian Church in Jerusalem, and regarded themselves as charged with the ministry to the circumcised. f The interpretation of Christianity which prevailed there was strictly Judaistic. The Jewish believer in Jesus stood forth, indeed, from his fellowTcountrymen distinguished by his acceptance of the Nazarene as theMessiah, but it was not in his thought to separate himself in any other respect from his people and their law and customs. He was still a worshipper in the temple and a zealot for the law. As a believer in the ancient covenant of Jahveh and His people he looked for the fulfilment of the promises made through the prophets that from Zion should the law of God go forth and the word of God from Jerusalem. But to him the acceptance of the Messiah by men of other nationalities and their admis...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217080491 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217080499 |
| Weight | 0.94 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.65 In |
| List Price | $21.24 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 288 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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