with all my love & tenderness {for your eyes only}
TO ALL MYDIZANDLOPERTJES GRASDUINERS BERGBEKLIMMERS & DIEPZEEDUIKERS IN DE GLORIA!
Om
ons korte
verhaaltje steeds weer
langer te maken:
when the Sadducean high priest persecuted the apostles,
Rabban Gamaliel took their side
and saved them according to
Acts 5:17-42!
When ShaulPaul
was taken before the high council
in Yerushalayim, he too found sympathy among his hearers
by appealing to the Pharisees
in Acts 22:30-23:10!
When in A.D. 62,
the Lord's brother Ya'akov,
and apparently other Christians, were illegally put to death
by the Sadducean high priest, the Pharisees appealed to the king,
and the high priest was deposed
as we still can read in
Flavius Josephus'
Antiqueties?
Taking this last case
along with the two earlier ones,
we can hardly avoid the impression
that the Pharisees regarded the Sadducean hierocracy's persecution
of the early Christians as further proof
of the manifestly unjust cruelty
of this group!
Out of it
they forged a moral-political weapon
against the Sadducean priesthood ~
politics is not always
an evil business.
This explains
the Pharisees' apparently consistant opposition
to the persecutions of the Christians by the Sadducean high priests,
one of whom lost his office as a result
of this opposition!
The reason
that the early Christians
became a bone of contention
between the tho Jewish parties
is that the Pharisees regarded
the handing over of Yehoshua to the Romans
as a repulsive act of sacerdotal
despotism.
Moreover,
the handing over
of a Jew to the foreign power
was generally considered
a crime!
In a second-
century midrash, Seder Olam,
the "informers, betrayers" {musrim} are listed among those whose sins are "unforgivable"
and who are punished forever. A study of the Greek lingusitic equivalent in the Gospels indicates
a similar pejorative notion! The illegality of the action probably rests behind Caiaphas' attempt to justify
handing Yeshua over to the Romans in Yochanan 11:49-50! It might also explain the concern by the high priest that what happened clansestinely
would become public knowledge
{Acts 5:28}!
We can assume also
that the Pharisees do not figure as accusers of Yeshu at his trial
in the first three Gospel accounts, because at that time people knew that the Pharisees had not agreed
to hand JC over to the Romans. The Synoptists could not name the Pharisees as present at the trial without risking credibility. On the other hand, the Synoptists could not mention the protest
of the Pharisees, because they had already
portrayed JC an an anti-Pharisee
in earlier parts of
their narratives
...
Kortom:
niet alles
is wat het
lijkt te zijn op
't allereerste
gezicht!
Het
gaat ons
wel degelijk om
'waarheidsvinding' in plaats van
'aanhangen van banaal oppervlakkig bijgeloof':
onkritisch, racistisch, kortzichtig, populistisch, fascistisch,
verwarrend, opjuttend, cheap,
glibberig &
fataal!
Slaap
zacht: droom
zoet & tell us all
about it if you
really want to
do so
...
Om
ons korte
verhaaltje steeds weer
langer te maken:
when the Sadducean high priest persecuted the apostles,
Rabban Gamaliel took their side
and saved them according to
Acts 5:17-42!
When ShaulPaul
was taken before the high council
in Yerushalayim, he too found sympathy among his hearers
by appealing to the Pharisees
in Acts 22:30-23:10!
When in A.D. 62,
the Lord's brother Ya'akov,
and apparently other Christians, were illegally put to death
by the Sadducean high priest, the Pharisees appealed to the king,
and the high priest was deposed
as we still can read in
Flavius Josephus'
Antiqueties?
Taking this last case
along with the two earlier ones,
we can hardly avoid the impression
that the Pharisees regarded the Sadducean hierocracy's persecution
of the early Christians as further proof
of the manifestly unjust cruelty
of this group!
Out of it
they forged a moral-political weapon
against the Sadducean priesthood ~
politics is not always
an evil business.
This explains
the Pharisees' apparently consistant opposition
to the persecutions of the Christians by the Sadducean high priests,
one of whom lost his office as a result
of this opposition!
The reason
that the early Christians
became a bone of contention
between the tho Jewish parties
is that the Pharisees regarded
the handing over of Yehoshua to the Romans
as a repulsive act of sacerdotal
despotism.
Moreover,
the handing over
of a Jew to the foreign power
was generally considered
a crime!
In a second-
century midrash, Seder Olam,
the "informers, betrayers" {musrim} are listed among those whose sins are "unforgivable"
and who are punished forever. A study of the Greek lingusitic equivalent in the Gospels indicates
a similar pejorative notion! The illegality of the action probably rests behind Caiaphas' attempt to justify
handing Yeshua over to the Romans in Yochanan 11:49-50! It might also explain the concern by the high priest that what happened clansestinely
would become public knowledge
{Acts 5:28}!
We can assume also
that the Pharisees do not figure as accusers of Yeshu at his trial
in the first three Gospel accounts, because at that time people knew that the Pharisees had not agreed
to hand JC over to the Romans. The Synoptists could not name the Pharisees as present at the trial without risking credibility. On the other hand, the Synoptists could not mention the protest
of the Pharisees, because they had already
portrayed JC an an anti-Pharisee
in earlier parts of
their narratives
...
Kortom:
niet alles
is wat het
lijkt te zijn op
't allereerste
gezicht!
Het
gaat ons
wel degelijk om
'waarheidsvinding' in plaats van
'aanhangen van banaal oppervlakkig bijgeloof':
onkritisch, racistisch, kortzichtig, populistisch, fascistisch,
verwarrend, opjuttend, cheap,
glibberig &
fataal!
Slaap
zacht: droom
zoet & tell us all
about it if you
really want to
do so
...
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