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Why Was Jesus Baptised By John?

A. Ben-Shema

A. Ben-Shema

Active Member
Jay said:
You demonstrate zero understanding of 2nd Temple Period Palestine and even less of Hellenized Jewry. Your equating Gentile with 'non-Hebrew speaking' was and is ignorant, and laughably so. Move on.
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You are obviously a very stubborn literalist - one of the blind trying to lead the blind, just as the Pharisees, who prided themselves on their 'own' intellectual knowledge. Such a persona (mask) or ego is what we should try to eliminate, not enhance.

Peace & Love :)


 
Booko

Booko

Deviled Hen
A. Ben-Shema said:
You are obviously a very stubborn literalist - one of the blind trying to lead the blind, just as the Pharisees, who prided themselves on their 'own' intellectual knowledge. Such a persona (mask) or ego is what we should try to eliminate, not enhance.
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No, actually Jay has demonstrated, time and again, that he actually has some historical knowledge in this area.

And your habit of tossing the "Pharisee" label rather than address a topic someone raises has been noted....and dismissed as the irrelevant bit of ad hominem it is.
 
A. Ben-Shema

A. Ben-Shema

Active Member
Jay said:
Didn't want to waste effort giving such silliness more than its due, but, since your new ...It's generally preferable to learn something before presuming to teach others.
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Quoted from the Jewish Encyclopedia:

When the Jews lost their home and became a race without a country, they were naturally forced to adopt the languages of the peoples among whom they came to dwell; but Hebrew continued to be their language of prayer and of literary composition. They started out almost as bilinguists; for Aramaic is found not only in the Bible, but also in many of the oldest prayers (compare the use of the expressions "leshon hedyoṭ" [B. M. 104a] and "leshon ḥol" [Ber. 40b] to denote "Aramaic"). In a short time they became polyglots, while Hebrew, because of the Bible and their ritual, remained their holy language. Thus Judah ha-Levi refers to Abraham as using Hebrew as a sacred language and Aramaic as a profane tongue ("Cuzari," ed. Cassel, p. 175).
 
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