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Thanks for the response....Re: Bettelheim, I see him more in the mode of Freud. In The Uses of Enchantment, he proposes a theory about Fairy Tales that argues they are a way of transmitting unconscious role models to children. The CBT folks are really Albert Ellis PhD, and Aaron Beck. A more...

Dear Bananabrain--Such a humble pseudonym...perhaps alluding to the high concentrations of serotonin, a vital neurotransmitter, in bananas? In any case, thank you for your warm greeting and questions. And please accept my apology for loading so much material onto the website. My intention was...

Many thanks to Abogado, Lunamoth, and Didymus for your comments. As one struggling to understand rabbinics, I'm certainly not prepared to comment authoritatively on all the issues in the New Testament you three are addressing! So, here are a few quick responses to some points raised in several...

Dear Abogado—Thanks for the note. I may still not be grasping your point, but here is my response: Re: “…rather, the Gospels are "historicizations" of Paul's (and/or his contemporaries') revelation in the form of a midrashic story of the suffering servant? In other words, when you...

Thanks for the good comments! Yes--it seems to me that Paul is largely interested in Paul...and that Jesus has been rather conveniently set aside, in the Epistles.

Part 2: Pies: Judaism and Pauline Christianity Purity of Intention vs. Consequences of Action Let me be clear: I do not want to claim that “purity of intention” is unimportant in rabbinical Judaism. A good example is the rabbinical attitude toward tzedakah, often translated as...

Being and Behavior in Pauline Christianity and Judaism Ronald Pies MD In their text, Classical Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism, Chilton and Neusner make an intriguing observation about the second century Roman teacher, Marcion (d. ca. 160 CE). They state...