Nearly all book discussions of the Pharisees make abundant use of the rabbis (Mishnah, Talmuds, Tosefta) either to establish points being made or to confirm what one has otherwise concluded. At times someone will say, and I have myself said this more than a few times, “The rabbis are not equivalent to 1st Century Judaism,” only then to say, “But there are lines of continuity so this factual-claim may well approximate 1st Century practice.”
Were the Rabbis Pharisees?
Were the Rabbis Pharisees?
Were the Rabbis Pharisees?
Nearly all book discussions of the Pharisees make abundant use of the rabbis (Mishnah, Talmuds, Tosefta) either to establish points being made or to confirm what one has otherwise concluded. At times someone will say, and I have myself said this more than a few times, “The rabbis are not equivalent to 1st Century Judaism,” only then to say, “But there are lines of continuity so this factual-claim may well approximate 1st Century practice.”