10 Brown, R. E., Not Jewish Christianity and Gentile Christianity but Types of Jewish/Gentile Christianity, CBQ 86 Pan. Early second-century Jewish Christians attempted to correct what they saw as a misrepresentation of Christian origins by composing counter-narratives to the Gospels and the book of Acts.Footnote For Gregory, the Gospel of the Ebionites derives from a harmony of the three Synoptic Gospels which included both narrative and sayings material,Footnote Howard, G., The Gospel of the Ebionites, ANRW See also In the New Testament, Jesus fulfills these three types of sin-sacrifices in a way that highlights the different facets of Christ's redemptive work on our behalf. An explicit rejection of animal sacrifice in principle would thus seem to be incompatible with the sacrificial soteriology inscribed in the New Testament writings. Their influence on us is the increase of our spiritual efficiency and power and finally a greater capacity for enjoying spiritual blessings in heaven (1Corinthians 3:14). 76 Epiphanius claims that Ebionites abstained from animal meat because it is the product of the intercourse of the mixing of bodies (Pan. can never take away sins" (Heb. On the Synoptic I have come sayings, see also 106 To sum up our conclusions on sacrifice in the New Testament: (1) Jesus and New Testament writers regard the Old Testament sacrificial system as from God, but imperfect, the various sacrifices serving only as types of the one great sacrifice which Christ made. Google Scholar. , , , , . 79; Princ. Some passages mention it in passing as the topic of the millennial kingdom is discussed, passages like Isaiah 56:6-8; Zechariah 14:16; and Jeremiah 33:15-18. Tertullian,Footnote Francis Watson has also recently argued that gospel writing must now be understood in its wider context of post- and non-Synoptic gospel compositions.Footnote 69 See Koch, A Critical Investigation of Epiphanius Knowledge of the Ebionites, 31658; Mimouni, Le judo-christianisme ancien, 25872; Bauckham, The Origin of the Ebionites, 172. 6 (2007) 502Google Scholar; 37 Gregory, A., The Reception of Luke and Acts in the Period before Irenaeus: Looking for Luke in the Second Century (WUNT ii/169; Tbingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003) 92103 Moreover, they appear to be a conflation and abbreviation of Luke 1.5 and 3.13, confusing two Herods: Herod the Great and Herod Antipas.Footnote Brandt, W., Elchasai, ein Religionsstifter und sein Werk: Beitrge zur jdischen, christlichen und allgemeinen Religionsgeschichte (Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1912)Google Scholar. In this case, it would seem that it was only Luke who made Paul a Nazirite.Footnote April 8, 2011 We read in the New Testament that animal sacrifices did not forgive sin, nor did they clean or purify the ancient Israelites from an evil conscience. Myllykoski, M., James the Just in History and Tradition: Perspectives of Past and Present Scholarship (Part ii), CBR But what kind of faith is it that appropriates the saving benefit of Christ's death? Brown (Christian viewpoint), S. R. Driver (Hebrew), H. Loewe (Jewish); article "Redemption from the Curse of the Law," in AJT, October, 1907, by Professor E. D. Burton; article "Some Thoughts as to the Effects of the Death of Christ," in Revelation and The Expositor, October, 1909. Sttzel, A., Die Darstellung der ltesten Kirchengeschichte nach den Pseudo-Clementinen, VC 73 (1980) 10530CrossRefGoogle Scholar. v. 4) and that under the Old Covenant of Moses "were offered both gifts and sacrifices that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience" (Heb. Gen. 3.5; Hom. 19 Google Scholar. Jesus Christ offered Himself as the supreme sacrifice of God the Father for the sins of mankind. 9:9; cf. 11 9 Rather, it was formed in the constant controversy with gentile Christianity.Footnote Whether or not this tradition goes back to the historical Jesus and/or early Jewish ChristianityFootnote See also It is theoretically possible that a living second-century oral gospel tradition could have influenced and informed this composition.Footnote Google Scholar. 58 5 (1987) 103 Mimouni, S. C., Le Judo-christianisme ancien: Essais historiques (Paris: Cerf, 1998) 70 idem, Das Christentum und die christliche Kirche der drei ersten Jahrhunderte (Tbingen: Ludwig Friedrich Fues, 1860) 174 109 The Epistle of Barnabas (ca. The Book of Leviticus (/ l v t k s /, from Ancient Greek: , Leutikn; Hebrew: , Vayyqr, "And He called") is the third book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and of the Old Testament, also known as the Third Book of Moses. FRIDAY 29TH JULY, 2022 . "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church" (Colossians 1:24). The Christ who sacrificed Himself for the believer is now continuing the sacrifice in the believer's life (Galatians 1:20; Philippians 1:21). opposition to second-century Jewish hopes to rebuild the temple.Footnote Rechtglubigkeit und Ketzerei im ltesten Christentum (BHT 10; Tbingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1934)Google Scholar. 4.22; Cels. Noah offered a burnt offering of clean animals and birds after leaving the ark. Peter (1Peter 1:9) and John (1John 3:23; 4:16; 5:1,5, etc.) Cels. This alternating dependency on Mark, Matthew and Luke is also conspicuous in Epiphanius fourth and fifth fragments on Jesus baptism, a passage which features an additional pronouncement of Jesus sonship ( ; cf. But how do these sacrifices of the Christian affect him and God? The Gospel of the Ebionites is a text cited by Epiphanius in eight fragmentary passages (Pan. What Does a Wife of Noble Character Look Like? 30.1.1). It seems to have been written in Greek, related to Matthew and Luke,Footnote It's also just plain fact sacrifices ended after the crucifixion. General Editor. 10:1). Reed, A. Y., Jewish Christianity as Counter-history? In this verse Peter piles up his metaphors in a fine profusion, perfectly careless of oratorical elegance or propriety. a harmonising, syncretistic, post-Synoptic development. We can be reasonably confident of Elchasai's Jewish Christian background because circumcision was presupposed,Footnote (5) As to the rational basis of efficacy in Christ's sacrifice, there is no direct discussion in the New Testament except by the author of Hebrews who grounds its final, eternal efficacy in Christ's personality, divine, royal, sinless and eternal. 51 Moreover, there is little agreement on precisely what the Jewishness in Jewish Christianity is supposed to refer to, especially when Jewishness typically incorporates ethnicity, ideology, practice,Footnote Boustan, R. and Reed, A. Yoshiko, Blood and Atonement in the Pseudo-Clementines and The Story of the Ten Martyrs: The Problem of Selectivity in the study of Judaism and Christianity, Henoch , . but it seems more likely that Matthew is responding to general antinomian impressions in the early Jesus movement. When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Luttikhuizen, G. P., The Revelation of Elchasai: Investigations into the Evidence for a Mesopotamian Jewish Apocalypse of the Second Century and its Reception by Judeo-Christian Propagandists (TSAJ 8; Tbingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1985)Google Scholar. 78 Christ's death on the cross exhibits His love, unspeakable, unthinkable love, for it was love for His "enemies" (Romans 5:10), and that matchless love kindles love in the forgiven sinner's heart. Loader, W. R. G., Jesus Attitude towards the Law: A Study of the Gospels (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002) 507 Gardner, G. and Osterloh, K.; TSAJ 123; Tbingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008) 20413Google Scholar. Accordingly, the idea that the Gospel of the Ebionites is posterior rather than prior to Luke, and probably also to Matthew and to Mark, seems beyond dispute.Footnote The Apostolic Past in Eusebius', Antiquity in Antiquity: Jewish and Christian Pasts in the Greco-Roman World, idem, Jews, Christians, and Jewish Christians in Antiquity, Knowledge and Religious Authority in the Pseudo-Clementines: Situating the Recognition in Fourth-Century Syria, Blood and Atonement in the Pseudo-Clementines and, Jewish Christianity in Post-Apostolic Times. 107 On Jesus death remembered around Passover, see Jesus first Jewish followers in Jerusalem may not have shared every aspect of Paul's interpretation of the Gospel,Footnote Answer God required animal sacrifices to provide a temporary covering of sins and to foreshadow the perfect and complete sacrifice of Jesus Christ ( Leviticus 4:35, 5:10 ). We cannot a priori rule out the possibility that a non-Synoptic text uses pre-Synoptic sources and/or traditions. The Baptist and Jesus emphasized repentance (change of mind first of all, then change of relation and of life) as the condition of entrance into the kingdom and of enjoyment of the Messianic salvation (Matthew 3:2; Mark 1:15). Google Scholar. 51 Luke 8.20, 21; Matt 12.47, 49, 50; Mark 3.33. Has data issue: false Jones, F. S. and Mimouni, S. C.; Paris: Cerf, 2001) 12645Google Scholar, at 1367. He asked for obedience. Identifying the Gospel of the Ebionites as a post-Synoptic text largely derivative of or dependent on the Synoptic Gospels does not mean our work here is done. 79 for this article. i: History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age (Berlin/New York: de Gruyter/Philadelphia: Fortress, 1982) 203 They disagree with Jews because they have come to faith in Christ; but since they are still fettered by the Law circumcision, the Sabbath. In the various types of New Testament teaching Christ's death is presented. 30.17. Some scholars think that it would have been unthinkable for pre-70 ce Jews to reject the sacrificial system,Footnote 34 Magnin, J., Notes sur l'bionitisme, Proche-Orient Chrtien What Does the Bible Have to Say about Weed? Martyn, J. L., Clementine Recognitions 1,3371, Jewish Christianity, and the Fourth Gospel, God's Christ and his People: Studies in Honour of Nils Alstrup Dahl (ed. Epiphanius thus essentially links three heretical Jewish Christian groups in genealogical relationship: Nazoreans, Ebionites and Elchasaites. Arens, E., The -Sayings in the Synoptic Tradition (OBO 10; Gttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1976)Google Scholar. 1 Jesus saying against animal sacrifice represents an independent, non-Synoptic tradition which cannot be dated simply by appealing to other post-Synoptic redactions. Similarly, in 1 Cor 4.8, Paul refers to some members of the Corinthian community as having begun to reign (). The author of Hebrews (13:16) exhorts his readers, "But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.". And his food was, it says, wild honey, of which the taste was that of manna, like cakes in olive oil.Footnote Does the Gospel of the Ebionites represent a post-Synoptic Jewish Christian harmonising gospel?Footnote EusebiusFootnote 93 Edwards, The Gospel of the Ebionites and the Gospel of Luke, 582. When did the animal sacrifices stop and why? 69 on the New Testament) that Paul longed to experience in his life the perfect sacrificial spirit as Christ did; or with Alford (in loc.) Accordingly, we can continue to search for reliable information in Epiphanius report and not doubt Epiphanius's remarks without some substantial basis. Quispel, G., The Gospel of Thomas and the New Testament, VC We may hold with Weiss (Comm. 2. 102 Bourgel, J., Epiphanius reports that the Nazoreans also used the Gospel of Matthew in Hebrew (29.9.4). and Epiphanius.Footnote So also Watson, Gospel Writing, 610. into the impiety of the former, especially when, like them. 12 Google Scholar; 83, For I have come to divide son against father, and daughter against her mother, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.Footnote Answer In Malachi 1:8, the Lord accuses Israel of bringing Him blemished offerings: "'When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? Skarsaune, O., The Proof from Prophecy: A Study in Justin Martyr's Proof-Text Tradition. The early Church Fathers came up with a number of ways to ridicule Ebionites for their apparent self-identification as The Poor.Footnote 85, The fact that the Gospel of the Ebionites uses this traditional christological formula further suggests that this saying is a secondary development. There's only one bad guy. Because He died for us we should live for Him. Even Cave (Spiritual Doctrine of Sacrifice, 439) maintains, "In a certain loose sense the Lord's Supper may be called a sacrifice." It is widely held that the Homilies and the Recognitions are based on an earlier source, the Grundschrift which contained Jewish Christian traditions.Footnote Petersen, W. L., From Justin to Pepys: The History of the Harminonised Gospel Tradition, StPatr 30.13.45) and Jesus as refusing to eat the Passover lamb (30.22.13).Footnote One of Epiphanius major concerns in this discussion seems to be his objection to what he takes to be an Ebionite rejection of Jesus divine incarnation, claiming that this heresy holds to Jesus natural birth by Joseph (Pan. Explains that the most significant sacrifice would be the animal or bloody sacrifice. a question which represents a complex of historical issues which cannot be addressed here, but warrant further investigation the Jewish Christian Jesus rejection of blood sacrifice was problematic for an early church which viewed his death as a blood sacrifice.Footnote 90 (5) It was an eternal person (6:20, "for ever"; 7:16, "after the power of an endless (margin "indissoluble") life"). Peter and John do not discuss the ground of efficacy, and so add nothing to our conclusions above. Why? The Gospel of the Hebrews contains a version of the same saying: The one who wonders will reign (Clem. The New Testament writers never hint that our sacrifices propitiate God, or so win His favor that He will or can on account of our sacrifices forgive our sins. Koester, H., Apocryphal and Canonical Gospels, HTR For criticism, see 3 6 Or does it reflect an independent tradition preceding the Synoptics? What does the New Testament say about animals? 5 It would not have served the theological interests of the evangelists to portray Jesus as rejecting animal sacrifice. 58 The Gospel of Thomas, for example, contains non-Synoptic sayings which may be either pre- or post-Synoptic and reflect Jewish Christian traditions,Footnote A., The Diet of John the Baptist: Locusts and Wild Honey in Synoptic and Patristic Interpretation (WUNT 176; Tbingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2005)Google Scholar. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. iii: Christianity in the Making (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015) 589 Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. . It is certainly possible that early Jewish Christians continued participating in the Temple cult because they saw nothing particularly incompatible about affirming Jesus death as an atoning sacrifice while continuing to offer non-expiatory offerings.Footnote 113 Schoeps, Theologie und Geschichte des Judenchristentums, 76. especially since the gospel contains details known otherwise only from Luke, and it is likely that these include at least some Lukan redaction.Footnote But see 68 100 64 Mimouni, Early Judaeo-Christianity, 223. 40 98 94 (2) It was the sacrifice of the Son of God (3:5). 30.13.6, cited in Klijn and Reinink, Patristic Evidence, 17981 (cf. 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Irenaeus Ebionites used a version of Matthew. Vielhauer, P. and Strecker, G., The Gospel of the Ebionites, New Testament Apocrypha, vol. Jesus does not just symbolically destroy the Temple; he replaces it with his own body, death and people, essentially transferring its efficacious power from Judaism to Christianity. Would he accept you?' says the Lord Almighty." Amphoux, C.-B., Lvangile selon les Hbreux: Source de Lvangile de Luc, Apocrypha We invite you to use the chat to interact with each other throughout the service. 30 Watson, F., Gospel Writing: A Canonical Perspective (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013)Google Scholar. 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Kelhoffer, J. these writings represent a literary puzzle with formidable problems.Footnote But as Christians who have benefited from his sacrifice, we have the privilege to express our gratitude to God for Christ's work in many ways. 39 VII. The lamb was strongly associated with religious sacrifices in the ancient . Paul, though discussing it more extensively, does not do so fully, but the author of Heb centers and culminates his argument for the finality of Christianity, in the superior efficacy of Christ's sacrifice, which is grounded in His personality, divine, royal, sinless, eternal (see Menegoz, Theol. The Old Testament (old covenant) was a foreshadowing of the New, a foundation for what was to come. Casey, P. M., Culture and Historicity: The Cleansing of the Temple, CBQ 2 Kraft, R. A. and Krodel, G., with Appendices by G. Strecker; Philadelphia: Fortress, 1971 He also recognises that the anti-sacrificial saying (Pan. Alex. 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Reconnaissances 1.2771, ou la rponse d'un groupe judo-chrtien de Jude au dsastre du soulvement de Bar-Kokhba, NTS 30.16.45, cited in Klijn and Reinink, Patristic Evidence, 1823. He gathers together three symbols, drawn from ancient sacrificial worship, and applies them all to Christian people. } 30.16.5, in particular, is a non-Synoptic tradition based on a formulaic Greek literary construction (an saying) found in other Synoptic passages. The theologians in classrooms and preachers in the pulpits have failed to emphasize this aspect of "saving faith" as did Jesus, Paul, the author of He, and John. The term may not refer to a monolithic group but rather to several diverse groups.Footnote I Have Come to Abolish Sacrifices (Epiphanius, Department of Religion, California Lutheran University, 60 West Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, USA. It is a greater privilege for the saved sinner to suffer for Christ than it is to believe on Him. 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Moreover, Nazirite vows typically lasted thirty days, not seven (m. Naz. Introduction. 150 ce), there was room in the early church for both Jewish and Gentile Christians (as long as the former did not attempt to Judaise the latter).Footnote 42 The Gospel of the Ebionites portrays John the Baptist as a vegetarian and Jesus refuses to eat the Passover (lamb). Paul, although emphasizing faith, also stressed repentance as an element in the human condition of salvation (Acts 20:21; Romans 2:4, etc.). Google Scholar. Jesus is forming a new people of God. Strom. de l'Ep. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003)Google Scholar. Since Jesus is portrayed as an efficacious blood sacrifice, it is unlikely that a saying or tradition portraying Jesus as rejecting or criticising blood sacrifice would make it into the canon. See Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon, pisteuo, 1, b, gamma, for a particular discussion of the meaning of faith in this sense. The sacrificial death of Christ is universal in its objective potentiality, according to Jesus (Luke 24:47, "unto all the nations"); according to Paul (Romans 1:5; 5:18; 11:32; 2Corinthians 5:14,15; Galatians 3:14); according to the author of Hebrews (2:9, "taste of death for every man"); according to John (1John 2:2, "propitiation . for the whole world"). Gregory, A., Prior or Posterior? The idea that Jesus death substituted for or replaced the Temple's sacrificial system may have only come to full expression in the Epistle to the Hebrews, but the seeds of this idea are present already in the letters of Paul. Thomas, too, characterises the seeker as one who will reign () over the All (P.Oxy. The Solution This is fairly simple to resolve. 97 87. Moreover, a number of Jewish Christian texts and groups did not accept or endorse the Mosaic Torah at face value, but regarded some parts of it as obsolete or corrupt.Footnote Hostname: page-component-546b4f848f-lx7sf See also 33 I have researched this and am further researching this. 3.39.16. 41, The idea that the Ebionites represent an early and original form of Christianity has a long history in New Testament scholarship.Footnote Total loading time: 0 View all Google Scholar citations 59 (2013) 46175CrossRefGoogle Scholar. 14 It happened that John baptized and the Pharisees went out to him and were baptized and all Jerusalem. Jackson-McCabe, M., ed., Jewish Christianity Reconsidered: Rethinking Ancient Groups and Texts (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007)Google Scholar; 29.7.56; trans. 105 Goulder, M. 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If refuting Jesus natural human birth is one of Epiphanius goals, another is refuting Ebionite views on John the Baptist's and Jesus dietary habits and attitudes toward sacrifice. 2.15.1), although the period of purification was seven days (m. Naz. What then to make of this enigmatic text? The saying against animal sacrifice clearly represents a non-Synoptic tradition, but this tradition cannot be dated simply by appealing to post-Synoptic sayings.Footnote 30.13.7; cf. 3 Bulls or rams or goats[ a] are the animals that you may burn on the altar as sacrifices to please me. Koester, H., Introduction to the New Testament, vol. There is a reason. 28 G. Stanton, Jewish Christian Elements in the Pseudo-Clementine Writings, Jewish Believers in Jesus, 324; 80 Edwards, The Gospel of the Ebionites and the Gospel of Luke, 579. CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Paget, J. C., Jews, Christians, and Jewish Christians in Antiquity (WUNT 251; Tbingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010)Google Scholar. 17 Epiphanius, Pan. 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Google Scholar. A number of second- and third-century Jewish Christian texts and traditions alleged that Jesus rejected and opposed animal sacrifice. June 3, 2022 Interview with John Piper Founder & Teacher, desiringGod.org Subscribe Apple Spotify Audio Transcript Well, if you've read and studied the Gospels, you notice that in the life of Christ there's not a lot of detail about temple practices in particular, animal sacrifices. He states that Elchasai directed prayer towards Jerusalem, rejected meat-eatingFootnote Google Scholar. New Covenant. In short, we still cannot rule out the possibility that the Gospel of the Ebionites uses pre-Synoptic sources and traditions.Footnote While the author could have represented Jesus as refusing to eat meat this Passover only (thus having no previous or principled objections to meat-eating in general), there is no indication in the text that this was a temporary vow and/or that Jesus would resume eating meat once the kingdom arrived (cf. (7) By Jesus, Paul, the author of He, Peter and John the Christian life is viewed as the life of sacrifice. 9.14.1; Pseudo-Clementine Adjuration 1.1; Epiphanius, Pan. 32 Published online by Cambridge University Press: "Jesus Christ is the Messiah, and therefore, we dare not simply appropriate the Old Testament laws for our lives as though he had not come.". Mimouni, S. C., Early Judaeo-Christianity: Historical Essays (Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion 13; trans. The source underlying Recognitions 1 may not conform to our preconceptions of what is normatively Jewish or Christian,Footnote Nonetheless, even if early Jewish Christianity includes Jesus family,Footnote The author of Hebrews says, "He became unto all them that obey him the author (Greek aitios, "cause") of eternal salvation" (5:9). 110 Sabbath observance was affirmed,Footnote 28 Ps 2.7), a citation found only in Luke 3.22, accompanying , (Matt 3.17), as if to emphasise Jesus identification as the son specifically at his baptism. So at the end of the book of Matthew, we read, "Go therefore and . 2.9.45.5; 5.14.96.3).Footnote Petersen, W. L., Constructing the Matrix of Judaic Christianity from Texts, Le Judo-Christianisme dans tous ses tats: acts du colloque de Jrusalem 610 Juillet 1998 (ed. In Galatians, the letters to the Corinthians, in the Captivity and the Pastoral Epistles he emphasizes faith as the sole condition of receiving salvation. the Twelve, the letters of James and Jude, Q and the Gospel of Matthew, and later Jewish Christianity represents a spectrum of groups identified as Nazoreans, Ebionites and Elchasaites by the early Church Fathers,Footnote John (Re 2; 3, passim) emphasizes repentance, though not stressing it as a means of receiving the benefits of redemption. Google Scholar; Painter, Just James, 229; Although the gospel may have drawn on a post-Synoptic harmony, it does not actually attempt to harmonise disparate gospel accounts, but rather represents them in light of its own distinctive Christology and soteriology. and Christians, they are neither Jews nor Christians. 52 The Gospel of Mark, for example, has Jesus celebrating the Passover festival in Jerusalem, which traditionally involved eating the sacrificial Passover lamb, but the Gospel never actually mentions a lamb (). Gaston, L., No Stone on Another: Studies in the Significance of the Fall of Jerusalem in the Synoptic Gospels (NovTSup 23; Leiden: Brill, 1970) 2401Google Scholar. aux Hebreux; article "Blood," Hastings, Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, by H. Wheeler Robinson; article "Communion with Deity," ibid., by Nathan Soderblom; article "Communion with Deity" (Christian), ibid., by Darwell Stone and D. C. Simpson; article "Expiation and Atonement," ibid., by W. A. 50, The problem is further complicated in that Ebionites may have been influenced by Cerinthus and the Elchasaites.Footnote The former means the renunciation of self as the center of thought, faith, hope and life. 13 Boyarin, Rethinking Jewish Christianity, 23. (4) It was a sinless person (7:26,27; 9:14; 10:10,12). The author tells us that Paul, having purified himself, entered the Temple with them, making public the completion of the days of purification when the sacrifice would be made for each of them (Acts 21.26). 71 Google Scholar: Q's approach to these issues is significantly different from those of Paul (and his immediate predecessors) and the Markan and post-Markan gospels (emphasis added). 30). The Ebionite gospel portrayed John the Baptist as eating only vegetarian food (Pan. 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