There is nothing new under the sun, though there are old things that still need clarification and support. I found the following quote yesterday. It is from a review of Daniel Boyarin's 'Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity.' The review is by Emmanouela Grypeou of the University of Cambridge.
"Daniel Boyarin is Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture and rhetoric at the University of California Berkeley. He has been, among other things, an NEH Fellow (twice), a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem, a holder of the Berlin Prize at the American Academy in Berlin and a Ford Foundation Fellow. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2006."
From the review:
[snip]
The development of rabbinic Judaism and orthodox Christianity as two distinct systems was founded in great part on what Boyarin calls – following Isaac Heinemann – the “Shattering of the Logos.” In rabbinic literature, the Oral Torah acquired a normative authority, while dissensus became the norm. The textual representation of rabbinic theology was based on the principle that “any verse can have multiple meanings.” Accordingly, the postulated monovocality of Christian orthodoxy in Late Antiquity was opposed to the multivalence of rabbinic dialectics as a “representation of the polynoia of the divine Word and the divine mind” (p. 191). Boyarin argues that this was a development within Judaism and “not a transcendental essence” as it is usually seen...
[end snip]
So, the characterization of Christianity as a mystery religion, not sprung from Judaism at all should be abandoned as should the position that NT texts are anti-Semitic because they value the Law written on the heart over the Law written on tablets and scrolls.
The chant became flesh through the sacrifice.
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
There is nothing new under the sun, though there are old things that still need clarification and support. I found the following quote yesterday. It is from a review of Daniel Boyarin's 'Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity.' The review is by Emmanouela Grypeou of the University of Cambridge.
"Daniel Boyarin is Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture and rhetoric at the University of California Berkeley. He has been, among other things, an NEH Fellow (twice), a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem, a holder of the Berlin Prize at the American Academy in Berlin and a Ford Foundation Fellow. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2006."
From the review:
[snip]
The development of rabbinic Judaism and orthodox Christianity as two distinct systems was founded in great part on what Boyarin calls – following Isaac Heinemann – the “Shattering of the Logos.” In rabbinic literature, the Oral Torah acquired a normative authority, while dissensus became the norm. The textual representation of rabbinic theology was based on the principle that “any verse can have multiple meanings.” Accordingly, the postulated monovocality of Christian orthodoxy in Late Antiquity was opposed to the multivalence of rabbinic dialectics as a “representation of the polynoia of the divine Word and the divine mind” (p. 191). Boyarin argues that this was a development within Judaism and “not a transcendental essence” as it is usually seen...
[end snip]
So, the characterization of Christianity as a mystery religion, not sprung from Judaism at all should be abandoned as should the position that NT texts are anti-Semitic because they value the Law written on the heart over the Law written on tablets and scrolls.
The chant became flesh through the sacrifice.
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.