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

Turn the other cheek refers to an act of defiance, If you turn the other
cheek, then the Romans cannot backhand you, as they were want to do.
Therefore, there is a fountain of analogies in Greek literature of passive
aggression.
tina

>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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