You made the point that I sometimes make—that most of the people in the area were Jewish, the crowd were Jewish, etc. Their Jewish identity does not need to be the focus of any complaint that they chose to save Barabbas, etc. They were just people who happened to be Jewish.
Anyone interested in looking more deeply into this subject should definitely check out the book "The Messiah Confrontation: Pharisees versus Sadducees and the Death of Jesus" by Israel Knohl, a very eminent Jewish scholar. He is interviewed in YouTube videos on this also. As a Christian I learned a lot from the book.
Where I agree with the point that Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus is my belief that the death of American democracy is the fault, not of democrats but Republicans who have been gutless for generations. Republicans who have continued to talk about working across the aisle whilst Democrats have knifed tham in the back.
I am not a Christian believing in the Great Spirit that came from all my ancestors.
My thoughts are with the people of Israel because in 1973, I agreed to follow my girlfriend out to a kibbutz (not being Jewish I just saw it as an adventure). She left and I was to follow the week after...as it turned out the week that the Yom Kippur War broke out. What was I to do? I had given up my job and my apartment. I agreed to go.
I was sent to the youngest kibbutz in the country at the time, Kibbutz Grofit near Eilat. A kibbutz that had sent most of its young community to war. I felt I was helping.
My point is that I remember that this was the second time in five years that Israel had been attacked, and I know from being there that in 1973, the Syrians came very close to sneaking into the main cities of Northern Israel and probably the destruction of the country all together.
You made the point that I sometimes make—that most of the people in the area were Jewish, the crowd were Jewish, etc. Their Jewish identity does not need to be the focus of any complaint that they chose to save Barabbas, etc. They were just people who happened to be Jewish.
Anyone interested in looking more deeply into this subject should definitely check out the book "The Messiah Confrontation: Pharisees versus Sadducees and the Death of Jesus" by Israel Knohl, a very eminent Jewish scholar. He is interviewed in YouTube videos on this also. As a Christian I learned a lot from the book.
Thanks, interesting!
Where I agree with the point that Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus is my belief that the death of American democracy is the fault, not of democrats but Republicans who have been gutless for generations. Republicans who have continued to talk about working across the aisle whilst Democrats have knifed tham in the back.
I am not a Christian believing in the Great Spirit that came from all my ancestors.
My thoughts are with the people of Israel because in 1973, I agreed to follow my girlfriend out to a kibbutz (not being Jewish I just saw it as an adventure). She left and I was to follow the week after...as it turned out the week that the Yom Kippur War broke out. What was I to do? I had given up my job and my apartment. I agreed to go.
I was sent to the youngest kibbutz in the country at the time, Kibbutz Grofit near Eilat. A kibbutz that had sent most of its young community to war. I felt I was helping.
My point is that I remember that this was the second time in five years that Israel had been attacked, and I know from being there that in 1973, the Syrians came very close to sneaking into the main cities of Northern Israel and probably the destruction of the country all together.
I agree that the Republicans are culpable. They are not only gutless; they are complicit in wanting to preserve what is essentially a one-party state.
What a striking experience, to be in Israel in 1973. I look forward to reading your posts.
Thank you. And I hope to stay in contact