by Anakin » Thu Jul 14, 2022 4:04 pm
in his doctrine, Paul misinterprets Deuteronomium
When Christianity emerged from Judaism, Paul from Tarsus created a new doctrine for the new emerging religion which stated as follows: (a) all laws from the Torah have to be observed to the extent that breaking one makes man cursed (Galatians 3:10) (b) man, being imperfect, will sin (Galatians 3:21-2) (c) man is cursed by the law (Galatians 3:10 again) (d) therefore, man has to be redeemed by belief in Jesus (Romans 3:28)
However, this doctrine comes from misinterpreting Deuteronomy 27:26 - the verses before, Deuteronomy 27:15-25 list basical ethical obligations and it is stated that man who does not follow them is cursed by Moses and the Jews, not by God. In Hebrew it says "this Torah", which applies only to those verses and means "this specific teaching", but Paul mistakenly translates this to "the Torah" meaning "all five books of Moses" - this mistranslation appears in the New Testament.
"This Torah" meaning only specific subset of laws appears for example also in Leviticus 6:2 or Numbers 6:21
In the Old Testament (original Hebrew bible), it is understood that no man is perfect and everybody will occasionaly sin (Ecclesiates 7:20) and, after repenting, they will be restored to grace without being eternally cursed.
Both hell and eternal damnation does not occur in the original Hebrew bible, the word "sheol", which is mistranslated as "hell" originally means "grave".
Disclaimer: I do not want to steer someone to incorrect path, so correct me if you think I am wrong. This piece of knowledge I acquired comes from Jewish sources. I find it logical at least.
in his doctrine, Paul misinterprets Deuteronomium
When Christianity emerged from Judaism, Paul from Tarsus created a new doctrine for the new emerging religion which stated as follows: (a) all laws from the Torah have to be observed to the extent that breaking one makes man cursed (Galatians 3:10) (b) man, being imperfect, will sin (Galatians 3:21-2) (c) man is cursed by the law (Galatians 3:10 again) (d) therefore, man has to be redeemed by belief in Jesus (Romans 3:28)
However, this doctrine comes from misinterpreting Deuteronomy 27:26 - the verses before, Deuteronomy 27:15-25 list basical ethical obligations and it is stated that man who does not follow them is cursed by Moses and the Jews, not by God. In Hebrew it says "this Torah", which applies only to those verses and means "this specific teaching", but Paul mistakenly translates this to "the Torah" meaning "all five books of Moses" - this mistranslation appears in the New Testament.
"This Torah" meaning only specific subset of laws appears for example also in Leviticus 6:2 or Numbers 6:21
In the Old Testament (original Hebrew bible), it is understood that no man is perfect and everybody will occasionaly sin (Ecclesiates 7:20) and, after repenting, they will be restored to grace without being eternally cursed.
Both hell and eternal damnation does not occur in the original Hebrew bible, the word "sheol", which is mistranslated as "hell" originally means "grave".
Disclaimer: I do not want to steer someone to incorrect path, so correct me if you think I am wrong. This piece of knowledge I acquired comes from Jewish sources. I find it logical at least.