Christ "constitutes the New Torah"

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13580053.post-44190265974863700472008-07-12T16:54:00.003-04:002008-07-12T16:58:51.982-04:00Christ "constitutes the New Torah"<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="OneNote.File"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft OneNote 12"> <p face="Calibri" size="14pt" color="black" style="margin: 0in;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CCHADBR%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CCHADBR%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CCHADBR%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> </p><p class="MsoNormal">"Although Paul regards the words of Jesus as the basis of a kind of Christian halakah, it is Christ Himself in His person, not only or chiefly in His words, who constitutes the New Torah: and so too in the Fourth Gospel the New Torah is not only epitomized in the commandment of agape which finds its norm in the love of Christ for His own and in the love of God for Christ, but it is realized also in the Person of Jesus, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, i.e., the personalized Torah who is set over against Moses... those in the early church who saw their Torah in Jesus Himself, as well as in His words, found not only that any possible expectations of a New Torah that Judaism may have cherished were fulfilled in Him, but that they also were transcended." -- W. D. Davies, "Torah in the Messianic Age and/or the Age to Come"</p> <p></p> Breuss Wanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880337516584157981noreply@blogger.com