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14 - Following Jesus in Practice

Way of Life

from Part II - Jesus’ Life, Ministry and Teaching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2021

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Jesus is widely admired, including by non-Christians such as Mahatma Gandhi, for his ethical teaching. But in his lifetime he was accused by his Jewish critics of being ethically lax. Judaism was known and highly regarded by many in the pagan Roman world as an ethical religion; but Jesus’ notorious liberalism in mixing with sinners and his conspicuous emphasis on God’s generosity towards the immoral led to him being seen by his religious critics as a lawbreaker and as someone who was lowering the Jews’ ethical standards.

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Jesus in Context
Making Sense of the Historical Figure
, pp. 153 - 169
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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