Not exact matches
Thus in saying 14, Jesus rejects fasting, prayer and almsgiving, and then says, «if you go into any land and wander in the regions, if they receive you, eat what is set before you, heal the sick among them; for what goes into your mouth will not defile you...» The «land» and the «regions» are Thomas's substitute for the «city» of Luke 10:8, a verse
from which receiving and eating what is set before one are derived; «heal the sick among them» comes
from Luke 10:9, though in Thomas it is quite irrelevant to the subject of
dietary laws, with which the rest of the saying is concerned (cf. Matt.
Peter wrestled with God's call for him to violate Jewish
dietary laws which had been ingrained
from childhood (Acts 10 - 11).
It offers the standard Hebrew text, a parallel English translation (edited by Chaim Potok, best known as the author of «The Chosen»), a page - by - page exegesis, periodic commentaries on Jewish practice and, at the end, 41 essays by prominent rabbis and scholars on topics ranging
from the Torah scroll and
dietary laws to ecology and eschatology.
To answer that question, Justin argues that we have to have «a clear, consistent biblical standard for interpreting the text, a principle we can apply to various passages that will help us to determine, fairly and consistently, how to translate them for our culture... Such a standard would need to be able to differentiate God's eternal
laws — such as those dealing with murder, theft, and adultery —
from the cultural biblical rules Christians are no longer obligated to follow — such as those dealing with
dietary restrictions and head coverings.»
I can also discuss further about the
dietary laws and how they are different
from the biblical texts surrounding sexually immoral behavior.
Which marked the righteous one apart
from the unrighteous (
dietary laws).
Dietary laws exist in many religions, but came about so long ago that not even their prophets could have imagined a ready - to - fry beef patty grown in - vitro
from the stem cells of a cow.
Following a tip
from a disgruntled orthodontist, The Associated Press investigated why flossing is included in the government's
Dietary Guidelines for Americans, learning that federal
law requires scientific support for the guidelines.
Under current
law, however, the makers of
dietary supplements are exempt
from GMP.
As a vegan observing these
dietary laws, I do not know
from what source I can get the necessary amount of protein during the eight days of the Passover celebration.
The word anarchy comes
from the ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarchia), which combines ἀ (a), not, without and ἀρχή (arkhi), ruler Learn about the Jewish
dietary laws of kashrut (kosher), why we observe these
laws, the various foods and combinations that are forbidden, and the