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From: yiri@ucf-cs.UUCP (David)
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Subject: Re: why do you think they call it *greek*?
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Date: Tue, 28-Aug-84 16:15:35 EDT
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One of the major problems with citing passages from modern versions is
that there it is slanted by so many interpretations from the Roman
Empire which were alien to the early N'tzarim sect - are are alien to
Judaism today. Relying upon "Christianized" versions promulgates the
muddying of the distinction between Christian and Jew - one cannot be
both at the same time. (The notion that Jews are merely a race has,
I hope, been recognized as falsehood.) 

Similarly, as the teachings espoused by the early N'tzarim sect are
distorted in modern versions, so also is the picture presented of
Y'shua. The two different versions present two different pictures:
one of an observant and thoroughly Jewish Y'shua and another of a
Christian Christ (Jesus). For clarity it  is really necessary to
distinguish whether one is speaking of Y'shua or Jesus - they are so
diametrically different (Y'shua teaching Torah in synagogues to Jews
while Jesus came and freed everyone from the Jewish law of sin, the
observance of which causes one to lose one's salvation - one Torah-
observant, the other antinomian.)

Again, I recommend the reading of those texts to help relate to
the crucial nature of these differences and their basis.

	Yirmiyahu Ben-David