October 29, 2019

Rabbinical Influence on New Testament interpretation

I recently was reminded of the immense influence that Jewish culture, thought, and literature has on interpretation of the New Testament. That reminded me of a table I created for a book review on Jesus the Jewish Theologian (4th printing Edition), by Brad H. Young (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishing Paperback, 1995) 308 Pages: ISBN 1-56563-060-2.  The book review looked at some of the strengths and weaknesses of the book, and one weakness that was apparent in the version I had was that there was no a chronological index of Rabbinical influences, which could be helpful in distinguishing anachronistic applications/interpretations.

Anyway, if you have the book, here is the table I created indexing the Rabbinical resources mentioned in the book. The list of Rabbis and associated interpretations/methodologies cut a wide chronological swath, from 400 B.C. to A.D. 1950.


TABLE CONTAINING JUDAICAL REFERENCES 


REFERENCE 
PAGE 
APPROXIMATE DATE 
Dead Sea Scrolls 
6, 218 
~ 400 B.C. – A. D. 200  
Rabbi Simeon ben Zoma 
20 

Rabbi Channina ben Dosa 
40 

Simeon ben Sheath 
40 

The Book of Enoch 
57, 247 

Rabbi David Kimchi 
63 

Rabbi Chaya bar Abba 
79 

Chanan Hanechba 
96 

Simeon ben Menasya 
108 
~ A.D. 200 - 300 
The Misnah Sotah 
115 

Rabbi Eleazar 
116 

Rabbi Zeira and Judah 
119 

Rabbi Nahum Eish Gam Zo 
122 

Rabban Gammaliel 
122 

Rabbi Akiva 
123 

Bun bar Chaya 
132 

Antigonus of Socho 
133 
~150 B.C. 
Rabbi Jose 
144 

The Misnah 
147 

The Soferim 
158 

Rabbi ben Eleazar 
164 

Abarham Heschel 
171 

Rabbi Eleazar and Akiva 
174 

Rabbi Samuel the Short 
175 

Simeon ben Shetach 
176 

Rabbi Joshua 
186 

Ben Azzai 
187 

The Yelamdenu 
201 
~ A.D. 400 – 600 
Simeon Ben Yochi 
207 

Saul Liberman 
211 
~ A.D. 1950 

It would be helpful to research out the dates for the different sources, giving an greater idea of how they fit in the progression of Jewish theology.  

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