Jews and the praetorium
In Matthew 27:27, soldiers drag Jesus into the "praetorium," where he is insulted and lauded as the King of the Jews. A praetorium was formerly a praetor's dwelling. I'm looking at it through the lens of Johannine Christianity. David Rhoads has shown, “virtually all of the Christian traditions were shared in formal and informal contexts o f storytelling and letter-sharing.” [1] From the biblical text it is found that the Jewish accusers of Jesus did not enter into praetorium because of fear of defilement (cf. Jn 18:28). Why would this have been true? Is it possible to use Logos to find the answer?
[1] David Rhoads, “Performance Criticism: An Emerging Methodology in Second Testament Studies— Part II,” BTB 36 (2006) 164-84
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Christian Alexander said:
Why would this have been true? Is it possible to use Logos to find the answer?
Wouldn't commentaries help with this question? Via the passage guide, I opened one randomly and got:
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A simple search should get you started down this rabbit hole.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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I tried the same search MJ and only found 6 results. So that does give me a few more hits. Can you give me full bibliographic information for the source: Jesus and the Last Supper? I also went to my hardcover copy of the New American Commentary on John and found that paragraph Yasmin. Thanks
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You could find it on the logos.com site. Pitre, Brant. Jesus and the Last Supper. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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