Kashrut

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Don’t let anyone pass judgment on you in connection with eating and drinking . . Colossians 2:16 (The Complete Jewish Bible – David Stern) Eating and Drinking – David Stern correctly notes that Paul is not talking about all eating and drinking.  He is addressing the assembly in Colossae, an assembly consisting of Jews and…

Reading Backwards

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Therefore, let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or Sabbath days Colossians 2:16 No One – Every letter Paul wrote fits into the cultural context of the audience he addressed.  The first principle of biblical interpretation is to determine…