Jesus as a Threat to Jewish Religious Establishment (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards

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Jesus as a Threat to Jewish Religious Establishment
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What Jesus challenged in Jewish leaders

Their power, credibility and authority

Jesus's 2 blasphemous claims per authorities

Forgiving sins & claiming to be messiah

Punishment for blasphemy in Jewish law

Death

Jesus's approach to sabbath laws vs authorities

Emphasised spirit over external conformity

Jewish authorities' attitude towards sinners

Despised them; saw illness as divine punishment

Jesus's attitude towards sinners

Deliberately welcomed and showed compassion

Parable showing religious leaders' moral failure

Good Samaritan (priest & Levite ignore traveller)

Three pillars of Jewish morality (Matthew 6:1-18)

Giving alms, praying, fasting

Jesus's teaching on how to practise 3 pillars

Privately, not publicly for praise

What Jesus called those practising faith publicly

Hypocrites

Original meaning of 'hypocrite'

Actor or one who wears a mask

Jesus's actions in the temple incident

Overturned money changers' tables, cleared temple

When temple incident occurred

During Passover

Jesus's call for covenant renewal involved

Restoring temple & genuine spiritual relationship

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