't Komt er dus op neer dat we door 't bijzondere 't algemene leren ontdekken: bepaalde zaken vallen op & als je maar genoeg feiten & feitjes verzamelt kom je vanzelf wel terecht bij groter lijnen die verhelder-end kunnen werken. Natuurlijk kun je ook tot valse gevolgtrekkingen en illusies komen als je niet zuiver genoeg kijkt/concludeert! Dat blijkt op te gaan voor alle onderdelen: ons brein is 'n [over]gevoelig ding?!
There is some justification in describing Yeshua's opponents-in-arguments as Pharisees. In the narrower sense, the Pharisees were a society whose members had voluntarity accepted certain prescriptions of pu-rity & other obligations. In Yehoshua's time, this society numbered about six thousand members in Yeru-shalayim. They were founded in the turbulent period of the second century B.C. They had been the oppo-nents of the Maccabean ruling dynasty, that had made an alliance with the politico-religious movement of
the Sadducees
['Tsaddukim']!
Early Sadducean ideology is reflected by drawings found in Yerushalayim in
a tomb of a certain Jason. This Jason bears a Greek name, & a Greek inscription in his tomb invites living
men to enjoy their life: this man was evidently a Sadducee who did not believe in an afterlife.
[Je herkent
dezelfde hoofdthema's telkens weer op diverse plaatsen in andere tijden: uitbuiters & slaven, heersers &
behoeftigen, oneerlijkheid & rechtvaardigheid!]
In this tomb is also a drawing of three ships.
The middle ship is a merchant (or fishing) vessel. The warship on the right is pursuing the two other ships: apparent-ly this scene portrays a sea battle between the pursuing ship & the merchant vessel before it?!
'There is
little doubt that the picture of naval action was meant to refer to the occopation of one important member
of the family buried here ...
In the present instance, there is reason to assume that this scene is one in
which the deceased took a leading part, & that it is he who is clearly shown on the forecastle
of his ship
...
Thus the man who is chasing the merchant or fishing vessel & another warship is Jason himself. Apparent-ly Jason was a Sadducean buccaneer in the time of Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BC). We know of such ac-tivities, that are depicted in the inscription through Pompey's expressed concern for Arab & Jewish attacks (i.e., by sea) on Syria. He finally disallowed the throne to the last Seleucid, saying that he would not know how to defend, lest he should again expose Syria to the depredations
{latrocinia}
of the Jews & Arabs!"'
Voorlopig
blijf ik maar vasthouden
aan 't idee van de puzzle v/h bestaan:
we verzamelen stukjes 'bewijs', 'aanwijzingen',
veronderstellingen/gevolgtrekkingen,
& daarop bouwen we
ons bestaan
...
