09-04-2008, 10:26 PM
Shlama all--
I should point out that if we are to view with suspicion works that quote from pagan, extra-scriptural or other questionable sources not today canonized in any tradition, we would be throwing out a lot more than just Jude. 1 Corinthians and Titus quote from Greek poets like Menander and Epimenides for example, and these are far from isolated instances in Rav Shaul's writings. Rav Shaul clearly said he became a Jew to witness to Israel and a Roman to witness to Gentiles. He therefore used whatever he needed to get across a point to a given group of people, at least to meet them where they were in their walk, and then take them to where they needed to be. I could even point to allusions from the Zohar, Philo and the Dead Sea Scrolls (under the Torah, works of the Torah) if need be.
So Jude quotes from the Assumption of Moses and Enoch--not a problem if we apply equal weights and measures to all the NT.
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth
I should point out that if we are to view with suspicion works that quote from pagan, extra-scriptural or other questionable sources not today canonized in any tradition, we would be throwing out a lot more than just Jude. 1 Corinthians and Titus quote from Greek poets like Menander and Epimenides for example, and these are far from isolated instances in Rav Shaul's writings. Rav Shaul clearly said he became a Jew to witness to Israel and a Roman to witness to Gentiles. He therefore used whatever he needed to get across a point to a given group of people, at least to meet them where they were in their walk, and then take them to where they needed to be. I could even point to allusions from the Zohar, Philo and the Dead Sea Scrolls (under the Torah, works of the Torah) if need be.
So Jude quotes from the Assumption of Moses and Enoch--not a problem if we apply equal weights and measures to all the NT.
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth