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1 | Zealous for the law? Sacraficed? Noah? | Acts 21:24 | Mommapbs | 139897 | ||
Thanks Pastor Glenn - I found that too, but have no idea what MJH is referencing . . . Blessings, mommapbs |
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2 | Zealous for the law? Sacraficed? Noah? | Acts 21:24 | MJH | 139998 | ||
I apologize for not tracking down the primary source, so this secondary source will have to do. This is in regards to what the sages during Jesus time and during the times of Paul were teaching concerning non-Jewish believers who did not get circumcised; also known as “God Fearers.” ----------- From “Fruits of Zion” Torah Club Year One pages 39-40 “After God makes some promises to Noah, He then delineates to Noah … and the future generations which will come from him…some responsibilities. In fact, the rabbis see a total of seven stipulations from these verses. They call these torahs [ “teachings”, “laws”], the ‘Seven Commandments given to the descendants of Noah. They constitute what we might call Natural Religion, as they are vital to the existence of human society.’ (1) The Torah of Moses, the rabbis assert, was given to rule Israel; obedience to these seven commandments alone was, in ancient times, also required of non-Jews living among Israelites, or attaching themselves to the Jewish community. The seven are: 1. establishment of courts of justice. 2. prohibition of blasphemy 3. prohibition of idolatry 4. prohibition of incest 5. prohibition of murder 6. prohibition of robbery 7. prohibition of the eating flesh cut from a living animal (eating blood.) It is important to note the similarity between these seven laws and the four requirements of the Jewish believers placed upon the non-Jewish believers who were coming into the believing community in Acts 15:20. The non-Jews were, in essence, being asked to follow all the traditional guidelines of any Jewish community should have asked of its non-Jewish members.” ----------- Also note that after giving these commandments, the next verse says, “[Moses] is read every Sabbath in the synagogues." In other words, these are the minimal requirement to be members of the Jesus community, if you want to learn more, the leaders from Jerusalem were saying, they just had to go to the synagogue where they would learn.” There was no separation of synagogue and community of believers at this point, and even latter in Acts, the separation was among Jews and Jews, not among Gentiles and Jews. (I can not find the 7 items in the Noah covenant, but this is what they taught during first century.) (1) Hertz, op. cit., pg 33. |
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