<<<<<< ?????? you are a bit nuts
Hey don't take it too hard. Christians have absolutely no idea that Jesus taught obedience to the deeper implications of kosher Law and don't seem to have the emotional growth to be able to deal with the information in a sober and mature way either....much less in the way that scripture requires.
read the book----Jesus did not teach anything about the
rules of kosher food------he simply did not wash his hands
according to a writing by a person who never met him----
and CERTAINLY was not present at the private luncheon
in the home of a Pharisee colleague of Jesus ---when the
unkown writer ---wrote about 300 years later---"JESUS DID NOT WASH HIS HANDS"------ It as PAUL who decided he
would get lots more followers if he let them eat pork
The message was its not what goes in your mouth but what spurts out of it.
All these rules were for the good of the medical side of stuff, I mean we all have separate cutting boards, but we now have running water and soap as well so we don't have to keep our dishes divided. Also they thought leprosy came from pork , but we all know what undercooked pork can do as well.
The writing in the NT makes no claim that Jesus commented
on the DIETARY LAWS------he commented on washing of the hands before eating-----Your post makes no sense. The writing was authored by a person who never met Jesus and was not even alive for that LUNCHEON---that Jesus is said
to have shared with his Pharisee friends. The hand washing rules are not the kosher rules------"kosher" refers to
rules regarding allowable foods and proper ways to slaughter animals and prepare foods. If a person who knows something about the times reads that line----that person would understand that you take on the incident is stupid.
even if the account is true. Your struggle to discuss
writings you have not got the slightest chance of understanding is-----irritating
He implied its not the dirt going in your mouth but the dirt coming out. To take it literally as washing ones hands (although imp. ) is missing out on the message.
Penelope---you are utterly ignorant on the subject Besides the fact that you read a translation-----you have no idea just what the role of handwashing is in traditional jewish culture
(the culture of jesus) I have to admit that even I, born a jew-----did not appreciate the FULL impact of handwashing
amongst Jews before I came into contact with lots of
different jews from various parts of the world. In fact---if
you ever read the NT-----you would know that it says----
(in translation) ---when Jesus refused to wash his hands
before eating----"the Pharisees looked at each other in astonishment" My own hubby was brought up in just about THE MOST TRADITIONAL JEWISH CULTURE
HOUSEHOLD ----in modern times-----His parents migrated
to Israel from one of the most backward countries in the world----(muslim---of course) in which jews there were known for absolute PRESERVATION ---the old way of life.
He knows nothing about Christianity----of course he studied the Talmud---but contrary to your Nazi shit propaganda----
Christianity is not addressed in the Talmud. Each year I re-
explain to him just what EASTER celebrates. At one
point I explained the JESUS HAND WASHING story
to him. I really enjoyed his response------HE LOOKED
******ASTONISHED******* his eyes widened in disbelief----
HE DIDN'T WANT TO WASH HIS HANDS!!!!!!???????
(as in-----WHATTHEHELL????..........
an interesting observation-----we get vistors from Israel---
lots of kids from his group-----no matter how utterly hipster
these kids are-------young punks------they never fail to wash
their hands------I keep piles of towels just to accommodate
their weird HANDWASHING habit-----some cultural habits
LINGER for millennia (nor are all of them "kosher" conscious) It is silly of you to imagine that hand washing means "kosher" ----not washing one's hands before a meal
in the culture of Jesus ----would be something like spitting
on the table