On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:21:54 -0700, Don Calkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 13:38 -0500 2/4/05, Gilberto Simpson wrote: > >For example, even in the Torah it says you are > >supposed to look out for your neighbor. But in the story of the Good > >Samaritan, Jesus didn't fundamentally change the moral principle. In > >the story he merely had a broader notion of who your "neighbor" is. > > A whole lot broader. > > To a good Jew, a Samaritan was > a foreigner > a heretic > a race mixer > I.e., the most despised of all people.
I don't think that is what a "good Jew" would do. Here is what the Penteteuch says in Leviticus 19 centuries before Jesus. [33] "When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. [34] The stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. Peace Gilberto -- "pharaoh is just a leaf on a burning bush" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
