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Jessica Price‏ @Delafina777 26 Nov 2019

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Of course, I'll note that this comes from a book that's used as a textbook in many seminaries, and--as far as I can tell--is seen as a progressive textbook rather than a conservative one. He's still gonna take a swipe at the gays tho.pic.twitter.com/SPP7hNXX8d

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Jessica Price‏ @Delafina777 26 Nov 2019

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A10 And this provides a comfortable reading for progressive Christians--the Pharisee is conservative Christians, who look down on "tax collectors" like gay people, who aren't actually particularly sinful and aren't hurting anyone else.

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Jessica Price‏ @Delafina777 26 Nov 2019

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A11 Then, we have some historical... theorizing. One couldn't pay both Temple tithes and Roman taxes--and, oh yes, "associating with Gentiles" was a sin. No sources for this statement are cited--I guess the Holy Spirit gives you detailed historical knowledge or something.pic.twitter.com/1M8X7L3M19

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Jessica Price‏ @Delafina777 26 Nov 2019

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A12 Additional history includes the "fact" that the Pharisees participated in collecting tithes for the Temple, and that they'd changed the laws of ritual purity so that being in debt made one ritually impure. No sources are cited.pic.twitter.com/dL8EtESpIn

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Jessica Price‏ @Delafina777 26 Nov 2019

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A13 And then we've got that the Pharisees were intensely nationalistic and encouraged their fellow Jews in an intense hatred of Gentiles. Yet again, no sources are cited. We just have... magical Christian knowledge of Second Temple Judaism.pic.twitter.com/ICcGV6FJrK

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Jessica Price‏ @Delafina777 26 Nov 2019

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A14 And ultimately, we have original purpose of this parable being to bring down the Temple itself, and by extension, Judaism. Again, this is coming from what seems to be accepted as a relatively progressive teaching text.pic.twitter.com/IU8u050L1Z

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Jessica Price‏ @Delafina777 26 Nov 2019

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A15 Got a few notes to add to some of those, but broadly: -not sure why Christian clergy feels comfortable making "factual" statements in textbooks about how 2nd Temple Judaism worked without citing sources -whenever Christians start talking about ritual purity, it's bad -sigh

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Jessica Price‏ @Delafina777 26 Nov 2019

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A16 I dunno, probably all these examples should have been a subthread, but too late. Anyway, let's sweep away centuries of widely accepted Christian hot takes, and go back to the story itself, and how original listeners would likely have heard it.

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Jessica Price‏ @Delafina777 26 Nov 2019

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A17 First off, all on its own, this parable is a bear-trap. It's a Catch-22 for most interpretations: The moment you JUDGE the Pharisee, you BECOME the Pharisee. If the point is to *choose* one of these men as "right," the only way to win is not to play.

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Jessica Price‏ @Delafina777 26 Nov 2019

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A18 Second, let's talk about who Pharisees and tax collectors were in a 1st century Jewish context. Pharisees were the party of the people, decentralizing worship from the nobility- and Roman-controlled Temple into synagogues.

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Emily Cunningham‏ @emahlee 26 Nov 2019

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The suspense of this thread is killing me as I get caught up in real time. What will the next tweet be? How will this unfold? [refresh, refresh] That I even found this thread is so random but also wonderful.

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