Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ulysses.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!smb From: smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Pharisees and Marriage Message-ID: <948@ulysses.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 10:13:02 EDT Article-I.D.: ulysses.948 Posted: Tue Aug 7 10:13:02 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Aug-84 19:32:47 EDT References: <191@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 6 Actually, the traditional Christian view of the Pharisees is almost inevitable. The Pharisees -- the spiritual ancestors of much of today's rabbinic Judaism -- were legalistic. They felt that the letter of the Law was extremely important; hence, rituals, interpretations, fine points, etc., were all significant. Jesus, however, preached that the spirit was far more important, thus creating a very fundamental conflict with the Pharisees.