[B-Greek] Christian chumash?

malcolm robertson mjriii2003 at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 16 13:51:22 EDT 2005


Dear Solomon,
 
I would have to beg to differ with you on this point.  Sunday schools, weekly Bible studies in homes and the fact that *Study editions* (e.g. The Reformation Bible or NIV Study Bible) with copious notes mimic somewhat the chumash.  However the notes in Christian Bibles are not authoritative nor do they supplant the text of the Scriptures as ofttimes happens in Judaism.
 
In addition the fact that the internet has opened wide many opportunities for further textual Bible study (i.e. B-Greek) makes the idea that there is a lack of interest in Bible study highly improbable.  Remember what Jesus said in Mt 15:
 
hO DE APOKRIQEIS EIPEN AUTOIS DIA TI KAI hUMEIS PARABAINETE THN ENTOLHN TOU QEOU DIA THN PARADOSIN hUMWN (vs 3)
 
MATHN DE SEBONTAI ME DIDASKONTES DIDASKALIAS ENTALMATA ANQRWPWN (vs 9)
 
Cordially in Jesus,
 
Malcolm Robertson
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Awohili at aol.com wrote:
Sounds like a good idea until you get to the modern commentators...where 
denominational concerns might enter. Jews have fewer denominations than 
Christendom, so it is less of a problem, as well as sages of distinction broadly 
accepted by the variety of Jewish schools of thought.

Perhaps there has been little of this so far is also because Jews place more 
emphasis on Torah study than many Christians do on Bible study. In Pirkei 
Avot ("Ethics of the Fathers") 1:2, Shimon ha-Tsaddik, one of the men of the 
Knesset ha-Gedolah (Great Assembly) said: "The world depends on three things 
-- on Torah study, on the service of God, and on deeds of loving-kindness."

Maybe if more Christians likewise considered Bible study such a foremost and 
vital foundation -- for this world and the world to come -- there would be 
more of a market for a "Christian Chumash"?

Solomon Landers

In a message dated 08/16/2005 8:24:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
curtis at curtishinson.com writes:

As far as I've been able to tell, there is no true Christian equivilant 
of the chumashim. Why not have a type of Synopsis Quattor with a line 
or two of the Greek text of, say, Mark at the top, and around it use the 
other gospels as commentary. Different volumes could do the same thing 
with other synoptic priorities I suppose. Now where you'd find talmudic 
commentary in a Chumash, you could have NT commentary, early fathers, 
and modern commentators. Where you'd find the targum, one could have 
related LXX texts and Peshitta. There should be a standard format used, 
and each gospel should get its own font, its own personality so to 
speak............



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