Re: Restored (and a final story for Luke and Daniel)

Pretty interesting discussion of Israeli culture, both ancient and modern,
thanks. I'd say it's very unlikely that the "turn the other cheek" of Christ has
any analog in Greek culture. Aristotle's _Ethics_, if I remember right (ok,
it's been years), extolled vengeance as a manly virtue. "Love your neighbor as
you love yourself" is a quotation from Leviticus 19, so I see Christ as working
more as a reform movement completely within Judaism (in the sphere of ethics,
anyway) than as someone introducing outside elements.

I know there are parallels between Philo of Alexandria and Johannie theology, at
least on the surface, so Greek influences on even 1st century Christian theology
seem plausible. I wouldn't say they exist in the recorded teachings of Christ,
though.

I would say that if "common sense" doesn't lead to the same conclusions, then it
is no longer "common," and when the conclusions are mutually exclusive, one
group will think the other is lacking sense.

Jim

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