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[ [https://culturewars.com/news/oppenheimer-applied-jewish-science Oppenheimer: Applied Jewish Science] | Culture Wars ]<br> | [ [https://culturewars.com/news/oppenheimer-applied-jewish-science Oppenheimer: Applied Jewish Science] | Culture Wars ]<br> | ||
This enmity to Logos and to Christ is present in the historical message of the late Talmudic evidence. This is noted by the Jewish scholar Peter Schäfer:<br> | This enmity to Logos and to Christ is present in the historical message of the late Talmudic evidence. This is noted by the Jewish scholar Peter Schäfer:<br> | ||
They ridicule Jesus’ birth from a virgin, as maintained by the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and they contest fervently the claim that Jesus is the Messiah and the Son of God. Most remarkably, they counter the New Testament Passion story with its message of the Jews’ guilt and shame as Christ killers. Instead, they reverse it completely: yes, they maintain, we accept responsibility for it, but there is no reason to feel ashamed because we rightfully executed a blasphemer and idolater. Jesus deserved death, and he got what he deserved. Accordingly, they subvert the Christian idea of Jesus’ resurrection by having him punished forever in hell and by making clear that this fate awaits his followers as well, who believe in this impostor. There is no resurrection, they insist, not for him and not for his followers...<br> | They ridicule Jesus’ birth from a virgin, as maintained by the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and they contest fervently the claim that Jesus is the Messiah and the Son of God. Most remarkably, they counter the New Testament Passion story with its message of the Jews’ guilt and shame as Christ killers. Instead, they reverse it completely: yes, they maintain, we accept responsibility for it, but there is no reason to feel ashamed because we rightfully executed a blasphemer and idolater. Jesus deserved death, and he got what he deserved. Accordingly, they subvert the Christian idea of Jesus’ resurrection by having him punished forever in hell and by making clear that this fate awaits his followers as well, who believe in this impostor. There is no resurrection, they insist, not for him and not for his followers... <br> | ||
Schäfer goes on to say that the rabbis taught that Jesus was not born from a virgin, as his followers claimed, but out of wedlock, the son of a whore and her lover; that he entertained lewd sexual thoughts, but, when rebuked by his rabbi, he became apostate and established a new cult; he was convicted of sorcery and of enticing Israel into idolatry; that he was stoned to death and hanged on a tree, the punishment reserved for the worst criminals; and that his fate consists of sitting forever in boiling excrement.<br> | Schäfer goes on to say that the rabbis taught that Jesus was not born from a virgin, as his followers claimed, but out of wedlock, the son of a whore and her lover; that he entertained lewd sexual thoughts, but, when rebuked by his rabbi, he became apostate and established a new cult; he was convicted of sorcery and of enticing Israel into idolatry; that he was stoned to death and hanged on a tree, the punishment reserved for the worst criminals; and that his fate consists of sitting forever in boiling excrement.<br> | ||
This rejection of Logos has been a feature of Jewish history and has led directly to cultural subversion and collapse of the moral order:<br> | This rejection of Logos has been a feature of Jewish history and has led directly to cultural subversion and collapse of the moral order:<br> | ||