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Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament

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Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament

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  1. Jewish Backgrounds of the New Testament Please turn Cellular Phones to Silent Mode

  2. Our Rabbis have taught: There are seven types of Pharisees: the shikmi Pharisee, the nikpi Pharisee, the kizai Pharisee, the ‘pestle’ Pharisee, the Pharisee [who constantly exclaims] ‘What is my duty that I may perform it?’, the Pharisee from love [of God] and the Pharisee from fear. The shikmi Pharisee — he is one who performs the action of Shechem. The nikpi Pharisee — he is one who knocks his feet together. The kizai Pharisee — R. Nahman b. Isaac said: He is one who makes his blood to flow against walls. The ‘pestle’ Pharisee — Rabbah b. Shila said: [His head] is bowed like [a pestle in] a mortar. The Pharisee [who constantly exclaims] ‘What is my duty that I may perform it?’ — but that is a virtue! — Nay, what he says is, ‘What further duty is for me that I may perform it?’ The Pharisee from love and the Pharisee from fear — Abaye and Raba said to the tanna [who was reciting this passage], Do not mention ‘the Pharisee from love and the Pharisee from fear’; for Rab Judah has said in the name of Rab: A man should always engage himself in Torah and the commandments even though it be not for their own sake, because from [engaging in them] not for their own sake, he will come [to engage in them] for their own sake. R. Nahman b. Isaac said: What is hidden is hidden, and what is revealed is revealed; the Great Tribunal will exact punishment from those who rub themselves against the walls. King Jannai said to his wife’, ‘Fear not the Pharisees and the non-Pharisees but the hypocrites who ape the Pharisees; because their deeds are the deeds of Zimri but they expect a reward like Phineas’.

  3. The “Plagues” of the Pharisees • The Shechemite/Shoulder Pharisee • The Knocking/Wait-Just-a-Moment Pharisee • The Bloodletting/Bruised Pharisee • The Pestle/Tight-Fisted Pharisee • The What-is-my-duty-that-I-may-perform it/Calculating Pharisee • The Pharisee out of Love • The Pharisee out of Fear

  4. The 7 Kinds of the Pharisees & Jesus’ Woes Compared • The Shechemite/Shoulder Pharisee Jesus’ Woes: False Motives (Proselytizing & Laying Heavy Burdens on Men) 2) The Knocking/Wait-Just-a-Moment Pharisee Jesus’ Woes: Exaggerated Humility (difference between outward appearance & inward reality) • The Bloodletting/Bruised Pharisee Jesus’ Woes: Those are Blind who Ignore the Obvious to avoid Sinning • The Pestle/Tight-Fisted Pharisee Jesus’ Woes: False Modesty (doing things only to be seen) • The What-is-my-duty-that-I-may-perform it/Calculating Pharisee Jesus’ Woes: Performing a Good Deed to Offset a Bad Deed without Repentance is Fruitless • The Pharisee out of Love Jesus’ Woes: God will not Reward Deeds Performed for the Love of Rewards • The Pharisee out of Fear Jesus’ Woes: Fear God, who has the Power to send you to Hell (the worst fear of a religious person)

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