tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post6685104909589282427..comments2024-03-19T00:26:30.753-07:00Comments on The Jesus Blog: Scripture Reverberating through the Gospels: pt. 2Anthony Le Donnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-31466491583204476002016-08-24T09:09:19.787-07:002016-08-24T09:09:19.787-07:00There are many ways to kook at the New Testament. ...There are many ways to kook at the New Testament. Including not only its 1) continuities with say, the Old Testament or scriptures. By also its 2) discontinuities.<br /><br />Why indeed did Christians eventually consider themselves different from Jews? In part perhaps, because of even early discontinuities. <br /><br />For example? It is hard to reconcile Jesus as God himself, but then somehow dying. In the Old Testament, God is eternal; he does not die.<br /><br />To me, these discontinuities are just as important historically as the similarities. Historically, Christians fairly early distinguished themselves from Judaism; as early say, as the Gospel of John. This means that the bulk of Christian history was lived with a sense of distinction between these religions. And it is important to understand why this began not in 1938 AD; But as early as say, 55 to 90 AD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com