Un-Sentenced For Life: Summary of New Testament From a Jewish Point of View Class

As usual we had such a fun time together! Jo Ann, Dan, Odette, Karen, Robin, Dave, and Merrill attended. David could not join us since he needed to take his wife to the doctor.

Before we began studying, we began to talk to Odette about laundry, so Jo Ann shared photos from a blog post she wrote called Washers and Dryers Can Be a Blessing From God.

Dan led us in our usual “Give Us That Old Time Religion” intro…

Once we got started we studied 1st Corinthians 16. Below is the summary that Dan wrote that summarizes what we studied:

NT from a Jewish perspective May 2, 2022

We discussed the 16^th and final chapter of the book of I Corinthians. The chapter begins with Paul directing the Corinthians to set aside money so he can take their offering to Jerusalem for the needs of the Christians there. What caught the attention of Robin and the rest of us as well was a statement in verses 21-22:

I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand. If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord!

Put together with the request for money to be put aside in the beginning of the chapter made it sound like he was saying one had to put money aside or be “cursed”. It seemed strange after all the talk of love in previous chapters.

After finishing discussion above we read the essay: “Paul and Judaism”. There were 3 sections, “Paul against Judaism”, “Paul and Judaism” and “Paul Within Judaism”. A traditional view of Paul in Christianity is that Paul was against Judaism which matched the mood of Christians in later times. A modern revision in “Paul and Judaism” tries to find Paul endorsing a “dual covenant”, meaning Torah for Jews, Jesus for gentiles. “Paul Within Judaism” indicates that the evidence suggests that Paul didn’t believe in a dual covenant.

From Jo Ann:

Odette gave us a very amusing summary of her visit to a messianic congregation! Jo Ann stated that messianic congregations vary. We talked about how church denominations vary too.

We decided just to continue moving forward and will begin 2nd Corinthians next week.

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