Comments on: Interpreting the Jewish scriptures in Paul’s time (NT 2.10) http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2006/11/01/interpreting-the-jewish-scriptures-in-pauls-time-nt-29/ Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean houses my podcast, websites, blog, and publications, providing an entryway into social and religious life among Greeks, Romans, Jews, Christians, and others in the Roman empire. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim Deardorff http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2006/11/01/interpreting-the-jewish-scriptures-in-pauls-time-nt-29/comment-page-1/#comment-10879 Jim Deardorff Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:23:32 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2006/10/28/interpreting-the-jewish-scriptures-in-pauls-time-nt-29/#comment-10879 Philip, there's one tiny point I'd like to comment on. That's where you say, "Typological interpretation is evident throughout the Gospels, as when people in the story are presented as wondering whether Jesus is Elijah, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets (Mathew 16:14) or when Jesus is presented as seeing John the Baptist as the new Elijah (Mark 9:11-13)." To many, these are examples where Jesus, or the people, had reincarnation in mind. If Jesus was a wisdom teacher (and from much evidence today we know that the phenomenon of remembered past lives is real), he could have spoken in those terms. Unfortunately, since his teachings of the topic would have been very heretical, only traces of them could have remained in the Gospels. Please check with me or my website if you have any interest in this interpretation. Philip, there’s one tiny point I’d like to comment on. That’s where you say, “Typological interpretation is evident throughout the Gospels, as when people in the story are presented as wondering whether Jesus is Elijah, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets (Mathew 16:14) or when Jesus is presented as seeing John the Baptist as the new Elijah (Mark 9:11-13).”

To many, these are examples where Jesus, or the people, had reincarnation in mind. If Jesus was a wisdom teacher (and from much evidence today we know that the phenomenon of remembered past lives is real), he could have spoken in those terms. Unfortunately, since his teachings of the topic would have been very heretical, only traces of them could have remained in the Gospels.

Please check with me or my website if you have any interest in this interpretation.

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