Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Pharisees and Marriage Message-ID: <191@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 17:03:54 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.191 Posted: Mon Aug 6 17:03:54 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Aug-84 00:42:27 EDT References: <313@homxa.UUCP> Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 31 > Paul Dubois writes: > > My understanding is that, to be a Pharisee, you had to have been > > married... Is my information incorrect? > > [David Simen] > Yes, it is. Although marriage is mandated in Jewish law (the very first > commandment is "P'ru ur'bu," reasonably well translated as "Be fruitful and > multiply") the Pharisees constituted a philosophico-religio-political group, > and did not have tests for "membership" such as whether the individual was > married. Thanks for the clarification! However, > To understand the meaning of "Pharisee", try > 1. Forgetting everything the Gospels say about the Pharisees, as those > books were written with many axes to grind, and This is a non seqitur. My information didn't come from there; indeed, I think you would be hard-pressed to deduce it from them. And yes, I am aware that much of the Jewish community feels the Gospels are very hard on the Pharisees. Personally, I feel this is not so much the case, although traditionally (and unfortunately) the church(es) seem to have taught it that way. -- Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois And he is before all things, and by him all things consist... Colossians 1:17