Book Plunge: Torahism

[Apologiaphoenix]

Do Christians have to follow Torah?

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[Christianbookworm]

Hmm... are the Torahists modern day Judahizers?

[Apologiaphoenix]

Close at least.

[mikewhitney]

I like your mention of Walton's book.
A review of Walton's book mentions "As speech acts, legislation expects strict obedience to 'laws' in the modern sense, while legal sayings function more as social customs and norm" (https://search.proquest.com/openview...olar&cbl=47286). While I'm not sure how Watson treats the idea of "sayings," I have understood that the Mosaic Law often provides instruction that is more cultural than legal -- such as the definitions of the food people ate and of the festivals that would be celebrated.


I want to develop some ideas about the Jewish law and situation in the first century. Paul gives especially interesting insights into the Law and its end within Romans. I'm inching forward, in my writings, toward the discussion of the passage showing Paul's understanding of the Law after Christ has come.

[Leonhard]

I've long been suspicious of the Noahide movement.

[NorrinRadd]

Author's Web site here.

I run into these Torahist kooks all the time online.

IMO, it is not helpful that the prima facie reading of different passages of Scripture can lead to diametrically opposite views on the subject. However, on the whole, I don't see how it is possible to accept Paul's works, Hebrews, and John's Gospel and still hold to Torahism.