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I don't believe there's any difference in that regard between then and now.
Interesting. How do you see that?
What I wrote was that the Toledot Yeshu came way latter than the gospels of Judas, Marry, Thomas, etc. Those gospels were around in the 2nd to 5th century. According to Daniel ben Ezra's work "An Ancient List of Christian Festivals in Toledot Yeshu" more than 100 manuscripts of the exist, almost all of them late medieval (the oldest manuscript being from the 11th century CE.
The quote was originally from @Ehav4Ever
that thy land be not defiled, which the YHWH thy Elah giveth thee [for] an inheritance.
For Torah based Jews, the requirement for burying the dead starts with the mitzvoth concerning honoring / holding precious one's parents. This is a requirement for Jews which is highly elevated in the Torah and its explaination was given to our ancestors at Mount Sinai and passed down to us through the generations. This is more than likely what the NT author was referencing with the story.The quote was originally from @Ehav4Ever
The closest text I've found for a duty to bury the dead is:
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of Elohim
Deuteronomy 21:22-23
It could be argued that the presumption of innocence applies and the man who died was not put to death for his sin.
So this one?
Thank you. I don't see any contradictory in them to those that are in the Bible.
Maybe that could happen. i think such ideas die, when the people who cling on to false ideas die. By what I see, that is what happens in cults. There may be fanatical supporters, but they can't transfer their fanaticism to others, at least if it is based on things that are not true.
No, it can as well mean, if someone else is burying a person, it is not necessary to do it yourself, especially if there is more important thing to do.
Thanks for your explanation. I think it is clear that Jesus doesn't say "NOT to follow the law". He says let the other people bury the dead, which we can assume means that the person would be buried as required and the law would not be broken.
I don't know was there some special reason why Jesus told that the man should so so in that situation. But perhaps one lesson in that case is what is important. In Biblical point of view, for disciples of Jesus, God's will should be always more important than pleasing family members. if you don't like it, then it is not for you and that's it, I think.
Why do you think the early Catholic church considered them heretical and worked hard to have them banned? Also, do you consider them a part of your scripture?
You would be surprised. There are a lot of bad ideas that don't die with the one who promotes them. Like someone mentioned earlier, it depends on who is doing the PR. It also helps when the bad ideas are transferred to people who can't check the concepts on their own.
That one and also the repetition in Devarim (Deut.).
So the argument that Jesus wasn't following the Torah when he said "let the dead bury the dead" is that only a son could honour his father by burying him?
The quote was originally from @Ehav4Ever
The closest text I've found for a duty to bury the dead is:
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of Elohim
Deuteronomy 21:22-23
It could be argued that the presumption of innocence applies and the man who died was not put to death for his sin.