{"id":560,"date":"2012-05-01T12:05:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T17:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/happycatholicbookshelf\/?p=560"},"modified":"2012-04-27T14:16:54","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T19:16:54","slug":"gospel-of-mark-week-10-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/happycatholicbookshelf\/2012\/05\/gospel-of-mark-week-10-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Gospel of Mark Week: 10-The Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

MARK 1:21, 22
\nIt is important to understand what perspective the Jews had that they heard Jesus\u2019 teachings as such a revelation \u2026 and not like the scribes. First we must look at how they viewed the Torah (the Law).<\/p>\n

To the Jews the most sacred thing in the world was the Torah,<\/em> the Law. The core of the law is the Ten Commandments, but the Law was taken to mean the first five books of the Old Testament, the Pentateuch, as they are called. To the Jews this Law was completely divine. It had, so they believed been given direct by God to Moses. It was absolutely holy and absolutely binding. They said, \u201cHe who says that the Torah<\/em> is not from God has not part in the future world.\u201d \u201cHe who says that Moses wrote even one verse of his own knowledge is a denier and despiser of the word of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the Torah<\/em> is so divine two things emerge. First, it must be the supreme rule of faith and life; and second, it must contain everything necessary to guide and to direct life. If that be so the Torah<\/em> demands two things. First, it must obviously be given the most careful and meticulous study. Second, the Torah<\/em> is expressed in great, wide principles; but, if it contains direction and guidance for all<\/em> life, what is in it implicitly must be brought out. The great laws must become rules and regulations \u2014 so their argument ran.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All excerpts in this post are from: The Gospel of Mark<\/a> (The Daily Bible Series, rev. ed.)<\/span> by William Barclay<\/span>
\n* Not a Catholic source and one which can have a wonky theology at times, but Barclay was renowned for his authority on life in ancient times and that information is sound.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MARK 1:21, 22 It is important to understand what perspective the Jews had that they heard Jesus\u2019 teachings as such a revelation \u2026 and not like the scribes. First we must look at how they viewed the Torah (the Law). To the Jews the most sacred thing in the world was the Torah, the Law. 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