Graham Pemberton
1 min readJan 5, 2022

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Hi again.

On the theme of Israelite and Jewish traditions, this idea stems mainly from a book by Kamal Salibi called Conspiracy in Jerusalem.

Before I get on to that, significant passages in the gospels which suggest that Jesus is opposed to the Pharisees, thus Judaism, and from a different tradition are:

John the Baptist calls the Pharisees and Sadducees a “brood of vipers” (Matthew 3.7f).

Jesus's scathing attack on them in Matthew 15, especially “for the sake of your tradition you make void the word of God”.

John 3, where the Pharisee Nicodemus is completely incapable of understanding what Jesus is all about.

Have a look at John 1.47f (I discuss this in my article mentioned below).

Check out John 8.39f, a very feisty confrontation with some Jews whom Jesus accuses of following the wrong religion, and not recognising him as a true prophet.

Back to Salibi. I wrote a long article about his work some time ago:

https://graham-pemberton.medium.com/the-bible-came-from-arabia-669b0865e7c7

Specifically on the different Israelite and Jewish traditions, pick it up about half way through at the heading: The Problems That Salibi’s Analysis Helps to Resolve. You could read from there to the end, or take as much as you need, and go back to the earlier parts for any helpful background material. (Of course I would prefer you to read the whole thing!)

Would be interested on your thoughts about all this.

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Graham Pemberton
Graham Pemberton

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