Sadducees

opportunity that Jesus provided His disciples, the Beatitudes and the Lord’s Prayer are very important and well-known teachings from the Sermon on the Mount. He was also sought out by non-believers for His lessons as seen with the Sadducees, “The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother” (Matthew 22:23-24,…

The Jewish people who lived at the beginning of the Common Era saw their religious faith as part of their daily living. Several of their daily activities were therefore established around their religious rituals, which was believed to have been past-on by their ancestors, such as the fulfillment of the mitzvoth, or commandments that are found within their most sacred document, The Torah. Jesus, who lived in this territory called Israeli-Palestine, also would have contemplated the religious…

This modules essay is a very intriguing and inspiring segment of the text. The religions that inspired this essay include Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity. The elements that will be discussed in detail will include a look at the common grounds that each religion might share, some similarities that may exist between the three faiths, an inspection of their distinctions, and uniqueness of each religious practice. Now that we have distinguished each topic that will be explicated on,…

The Theological Differences as roots for separation between Judaism and Christianity During the second temple period, many sects emerged in Judea, among them were the followers of Jesus. The New Testament records the early stages of separation between the emerging Christianity and Judaism. The New Testament became a fundamental text on which later Christians based their beliefs. It describes the birth and teachings of Jesus. Christianity and the Judaism before were the same. Christians saw…

Another area of divergence concerns the act of circumcision. It is clear that Jesus and Paul are Jews who are circumcised, yet throughout Paul’s epistles, he repeatedly and vehemently states that circumcision is not necessary. For example, in his first letter to Corinthians, he writes, “Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but obeying the commandments of God is everything. Let each of you remain in the condition in which you were called” (I Cor. 7:19-20). The significance of…

“Did Jesus have anything to do with the formation of the Christian church? And if he did, how did he shape its special character?” (Shelley 4). During the age of Jesus and the Apostles, the anti-institutional view of Christianity was so widespread that many questioned Jesus’ partaking in Christianity. In my opinion, I believe this was the most important event in church history between 6 B.C. and 1517. During the age of Jesus and the Apostles, Palestine was not a very pleasant place to live. In…

Chapter Fourteen PAUL’S TRIALS The elders, including James, were glad to see Paul, but, because of the Jews, they were concerned for his safety. They suggested to Paul that those Jewish scalawags might be calmed if he were to take a vow. Paul was no stranger to taking a vow, so he did not object. But, before there was time enough to complete the purification ceremony, the Jews incited the people. They said that Paul was teaching against the Law and that he had brought Greeks into the temple…

Introduction The Second Temple period is a remarkable time in history. To gain a full understanding of the New Testament, one must thoroughly explore the political and religious background of this time period. Prior to the Second Temple period, the Hebrews were in captivity under Babylonian rule. This captivity dispersed the Hebrews among many locations with major effects upon the people, including social, cultural, and religious. Although the majority of the Hebrews would never return to…

One of the hermeneutical strategies used by Nazianzus is the incomprehensibility of God. God is something that can never be fully described by human words, as the subject of God “is impossible to [express], and yet more impossible to conceive,” as no human can see the face of God and lived to tell the tale on this side of eternity. Nazianzus defines God by what God is, but does not try to “comprehend the whole of so great a subject as this,” because it is utterly impossible. Dr. Valeria A.…

Jesus' resurrection did not happened: Like the Pharisees, Jesus and Paul believe in the resurrection of the dead, while the Sadducees did not. Many times, Jesus told his disciples that he would rise again after three days, and as promised, he appeared in front of them, but in Mat (28.17), "They saw him and worshiped, and yet some doubted". In Marc (16.11), Mary Magdalene, the first witness, told them that Jesus was alive: "but they did not believe." Luke (24.37 to 41) says: “they felt fear,…