Tracing the Threads of Jewish Law: The Sabbath Carrying Prohibition from Jeremiah to the Rabbis (original) (raw)

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This article investigates the historical and exegetical evolution of the Sabbath carrying prohibition in ancient Judaism. It posits that Jewish law is a dynamic and transformative process, wherein later texts engage with and reinterpret earlier authoritative writings. The study illustrates how the reinterpretation and authority from prior texts shape the understanding and application of Sabbath law throughout Jewish history.

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  1. Later texts reframe the Sabbath carrying prohibition as a legal expansion of Jeremiah's original command.
  2. Exegetical engagement with earlier texts demonstrates the dynamic evolution of Jewish law over time.
  3. The term 'load' (maśśā') evolves to encompass a broader range of items in later interpretations.
  4. Jeremiah's prohibition against carrying becomes a foundational legal source for subsequent Jewish texts.
  5. The Mishnah ultimately asserts that all items fall under the Sabbath carrying prohibition's purview.

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References (6)

  1. Jer 17,21: «...against carrying a load (maśśā') on the Sabbath day, and bringing it through the gates of Jerusalem».
  2. Jub. 2,29: «To bring in or remove on it anything (k w ello), which one carries in their gates».
  3. See Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls..., xxiii-xxiv; and Id., "Confessionalism and the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls", Jewish Studies. Forum of the World Union of Jewish Studies 31 (1991) 3-14. 44 Representative bibliography is voluminous. Most recently, see Joseph Fitzmyer, The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2000; George J. Brooke, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament, Minneapolis, Fortress, 2005; and Florentino García Martínez (ed.), Echoes from the Caves. Qumran and the New Testament (STDJ, 85), Leiden, Brill, 2009. For further bibliography, see J. Fitzmyer, A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2008 2 , 264-73.
  4. See, e.g., Peter J. Tomson, Paul and the Jewish Law. Halakha in the Letters of the Apostle to the Gentiles (CRINT, III.1), Assen, Van Gorcum, Minneapolis, Fortress, 1990;
  5. Calvin J. Roetzel, "Paul and the Law: Whence and Whither?", Currents in Research. Biblical Studies 3 (1995) 249-75; and William R.G. Loader, Jesus' Attitude Towards the Law. A Study of the Gospels (WUNT, 2/97), Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 1997.
  6. See, for example, the surveys of early Christian biblical interpretation in Henning Graf Reventlow, History of Biblical Interpretation. Volume 1: From the Old Testament to Origen,